[Paul C. Jesup]

And what happens when the hackers get a hold of this technology?

[Still Thinking]

And what happens when the hackers get a hold of this technology?

See Post 5. My point being, I'm a lot more comfortable with the technology in the hands of hackers than freedom butchers.

[shekkian]

Probably start eliminating people they either dislike personally or stand in their way towards some acheivement, without leaving their fingerprints. Cyberterrorism, in other words.

[Justa]

How about when it's used to detect political dissent? Monitors could spam polical speech/propaganda in select public locations and the cameras would scan people for signs of dissent. Then the Political Crimes Prevention Unit would pick-up the pre-criminal and subject him to some 'crime prevention program', like, say forced viewing of CNN. His crime prevention program would continue until he no longer showed signs of dissent.