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“Did you know Hertz is putting cameras in rental cars!? This is bullsh*t. I wonder if it says they can tape me in my Hertz contract.” [snip] The system can’t be turned off from what I could tell. Further investigation revealed that the camera can see the entire inside of the car. I know rental car companies have been tracking the speed and movements of their vehicles for years but putting a camera inside the cabin of the vehicle is taking their need for information a little TOO FAR.

SNIPPET: "(03-03) 17:42 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- Three cousins from Hayward have been charged in San Francisco with a hate crime and assault for allegedly firing a BB rifle at the face of a man they believed was gay, an attack the men videotaped, authorities said Wednesday." SNIPPET: "Mohammad Habibzada, Shafiq Hashemi and Sayed Bassam, all 24, are scheduled to be arraigned today in San Francisco Superior Court. They are free on $50,000 bond apiece." SNIPPET: "Investigators believe the assailants chose the victim because he appeared to be gay. When the men were pulled over, police found a video camera...

ATLANTA (AP) — Armed with a handheld video camera, a Georgia university student drove with a friend in April 2005 to Washington, D.C., and captured scenes of the Capitol, the Pentagon and other locations. Investigators say Syed Haris Ahmed, now 24, wasn't a tourist but a wannabe terrorist who wanted to send the videos of potential terror targets to an overseas contact. He was attending the Georgia Institute of Technology at the time. The charges, along with an allegation that Ahmed went to Pakistan and tried to join a terrorism group a few months later, are central to a federal...

Fred Murray was just trying to pick up a cheap video camera at a Goodwill in Flint, Michigan. He ended up saving some irreplaceable memories. Inside the $8 camera was a 40-minute tape that showed the first moments in the life of a baby girl, being weighed and measured and held by a grandfather. It also showed a family reunion. Murray tracked down the tape's owner, Sherry Ewing of Grand Blanc, and returned it to her Friday. "The only people who would have seen that tape would be family. So I guess you're family now," Ewing, 46, told Murray. "Thank...

I am working the Polls for the BUSH Team on Tues. for 13 hours. I have agreed to do this in hopes to sway someone/anyone in Bush's favor. We are short some workers because a lot of people (Liberals no doubt) volunteered for the Bush team, but now don't return calls. 1. Do we make a difference? 2. Do you think there will be trouble? 3. Other than the regular stuff to hand out, what would be some good ideas for my table? Candy for kids? Other? 4. Should I use any anti-Kerry stuff?

MIDI - VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR -- scroll to the bottom (musical intro) For his resume a camera he acquired 'Cause some scenes of him in action he desired Swift boat buddies would found out that he's a liar Ooh-a-ooh Any time he heard a couple bullets flying On his camera they knew he'd soon be relying He got footage without really too much trying Ooh-a-ooh...the guy's a phony...ooh-a-ooh...he's freaking phony Jean Kerí is a video star...Jean Kerí is a video star This time he had gone too far...with his re-enactments Do you think that Rather Biased will...

Owner accused of improper photography or visual recording. By Tony Plohetski AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Friday, January 23, 2004 Employees and patrons filed in and out of the women's restroom at the popular Pango Tea Bar in downtown Austin throughout the night, never noticing that a basket near the toilet held more than a decorative plant. Then a patron saw electronic equipment and got suspicious. She brushed back the leaves and found a camera that police say was being used by the restaurant and bar's owner to watch women from a television in his nearby office. "It's very surprising," said Detective Robby...