a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment
mk  ·  4525 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hidden Government Scanners Will Instantly Know Everything About You From 164 Feet Away
Technology like this is worrisome, but so is this kind of journalism:

    The machine is a mobile, rack-mountable system. It fires a laser to provide molecular-level feedback at distances of up to 50 meters in just picoseconds. For all intents and purposes, that means instantly.

Yes, lasers travel at the speed of light.

IMO a system like this will be most hampered by false positives.