So, I saw the new “Street View” tool on Google Maps and I came across a parking lot and I noticed that you can read the license plates off the cars there.

I also saw a pic on there of some guy walking out of a strip club. Google has the ability to screen photos by type (i.e only show face pictures upon request) and I’m sure they can match them if they want too, governments and security companies already do this. How long until you can have Google tell you where someone is, and where they’ve been?

The scariest question is this. How many generations are we from a living in a society where the idea of privacy no longer exists? One? Two? I highly doubt it will be many more than that at this pace.

I was wondering who the community thinks will make the best President when it comes to representing issues Slashdot readers might care about? Eg: privacy, ‘total information awareness’, Internet regulation and taxation, net neutrality, copyright/patent reform, the right to read, the right to secure communications, the right to tinker

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Screenshots from all the major polls show that Ron Paul is the clear winner, though you won’t hear that on TV.

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