I don't know if most of you around here are familiar with the Tripwire   
   program that has been going on thanks to the NSA, DHS, and no doubt had a bit   
   of help from those wonderful folks at Google.  If you aren't, you really should   
   check into the confirmation of what is really going on with all of those   
   cameras.  We're following in the proud footsteps of our colonial parents.    
   There might be a cure, though, or at least a little something to slow it down a   
   bit...  Let me cut 'n paste this little bit here:   
      
   Game to destroy CCTV cameras: vandalism or valid protest?   
      
   Activists in Berlin are teaming up to trash surveillance cameras. Points are   
   given, with bonus scores for the most innovative modes of destruction   
      
   As a youth in a ski mask marches down a Berlin U-Bahn train, dressed   
   head-to-toe in black, commuters may feel their only protection is the   
   ceiling-mounted CCTV camera nearby. But he is not interested in stealing   
   wallets or iPhones  he is after the camera itself. This is Camover, a new game   
   being played across Berlin, which sees participants trashing cameras in protest   
   against the rise in close-circuit television across Germany.   
      
   The game is real-life Grand Theft Auto for those tired of being watched by the   
   authorities in Berlin; points are awarded for the number of cameras destroyed   
   and bonus scores are given for particularly imaginative modes of destruction.   
   Axes, ropes and pitchforks are all encouraged.   
      
   The rules of Camover are simple: mobilise a crew and think of a name that   
   starts with "command", "brigade" or "cell", followed by the moniker of a   
   historical figure (Van der Lubbe, a Dutch bricklayer convicted of setting fire   
   to the Reichstag in 1933, is one name being used). Then destroy as many CCTV   
   cameras as you can. Concealing your identity, while not essential, is   
   recommended. Finally, video your trail of destruction and post it on the game's   
   website  although even keeping track of the homepage can be a challenge in   
   itself, as it is continually being shut down.   
      
   The use of surveillance cameras has become a thorny political issue in Germany.   
   Inadequate CCTV footage was highlighted in the investigation of a bomb scare in   
   Bonn last December ("Germans consider Brit-style CCTV," shouted Der Spiegel).   
   This, along with the brutal killing of a man in Berlin's busy Alexanderplatz   
   square in October 2012 spurred the interior minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich, to   
   call for "efficient video surveillance and video recording in public areas".   
      
   For those who oppose CCTV, petitions and letters only go so far in the German   
   capital. A group of 40 protesters walked the streets of Berlin for 1984 Action   
   Day (protests against CCTV cameras and other surveillance, named after the   
   novel by George Orwell) in June and pressure group Control Berlin has screened   
   short films documenting CCTV's rise. But Camover's direct-action approach   
   revolves around a small but committed group who call themselves "workless   
   people  we are shoplifters, graffiti sprayers, homeless and squatters". They   
   claim to have snuffed out as many as 50 cameras since the game began a few   
   weeks ago.   
      
   "We thought it would motivate inactive people out there if we made a   
   video-invitation to this reality-game," the creator of Camover (who wanted to   
   remain anonymous) told me. "Although we call it a game, we are quite serious   
   about it: our aim is to destroy as many cameras as possible and to have an   
   influence on video surveillance in our cities."   
      
   The winner of the game does not get a trophy or a year's supply of spray paint.   
   The competition ends on 19 February, to coincide with the start of the European   
   Police Congress. The prize, says Camover, is to be in the frontline of a   
   protest that will take place three days earlier, on 16 February. The location   
   has yet to be confirmed, but Camover advises anyone who turns up to "crouch to   
   avoid the flying cameras".   
      
   http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/shortcuts/2013/jan/25/game-destroy-cctv-c   
   ameras-berlin   
      
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       I think someone should start up a "Grand Surveilance State Vandalism"   
   website and get the game started over on this side of the Atlantic.   
      
      
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