From Movie to Reality…They are watching you!

If you have ever seen the movie Minority Report with Tom Cruise or read 1984 by George Orwell this will sound familiar.

A big step has been made by police forces in the UK today.

The Metropolitan Police has announced that they have bought a new software called GEOTIME which will allow them to map suspects’ digital movements!

This software, already used by US Military, is a security programme that shows an individual’s movements and communications with other people.

All information gathered from social networking sites, satellite navigation equipment, mobile phones, financial transactions and IP network logs can be put together using GEOTIME and show the results on a three-dimensional graphic!

Obviously a few concerns have been rising already and lawyers are worried that this software could be used to monitor innocent parties also, and not only suspects or criminals.

Campaigners for Privacy, freedom of speech, assembly and movement, have called the Metropolitan Police to have more information on how this software will be used by them.

The Met said that they are not using it yet as it is still in the testing period. The Ministry of Defense is also investigating on the software.

For the moment GEOTIME is only assessed as part of research for the Met and the Ministry of Defense but we can bet that it will be used very soon and that we will soon have our own three-dimensional graphic in a few official offices…

We will of course keep you updated on the evolution of the investigations but watch out for the big eye…

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