The BBC has reported that trials have recently occurred in Scotland of using street based CCTV cameras that monitor sounds as well.
The trials have been performed by a Dutch company called Sound Intelligence. As you pass by, the CCTV camera analyses the tone of your voice rather than what you are actually saying. Presumably if you sound stressed then you are likely to be a terrorist or mad, upon which the Big Brother police can swoop down and take you away for the good of society.
What’s next – listening in on your conversation on the street listening for significant words – like “bomb” or “airport” ???? Or maybe tapping into your phone calls or e-mails for stress or significant words. Oh, I forgot, they are already planning to do that.
Maybe they decided to trial it in Scotland to see if it could cope with the strong Scottish accent!
Via BBC
