Starting to get a little spooky around here

 

Dead end

 

The lifetime guarantee

 

Next, a hidden camera detector jammer?

The best hidden camera detectors to give you peace of mind on your next getaway

The surveillance arms war heats up.

It's getting younger to be old

The Newest Card-Carrying Members of AARP: 20-Somethings

“You have to be brave enough to ask about it, show it and prepare for the double take,” said Ms. Phillips, who lives in Austin, Texas.

Turns out anyone over thirteen (yes, that's 13) can join.

It's all about the discounts, says this article in the Wall Street Journal.)

[AARP stands for American Association of Retired Persons.]

So, just to clarify this tweet…

	Latest in space ⁦@latestinspace⁩ NEWS 🚨: Black Hole formation generates the largest explosion ever seen on Earth Likely the result of a merging neutron star, 2.4 billion light-years away pic.twitter.com/8tWYu8PBK2   10/25/22, 8:47 PM

…the explosion described actually happened 2.4 billion years ago and we are just seining it now. 

Light travels at 186,000 miles/second (the way I learned it, before everything changed to metric), so in 2.4 billion years it travels a very long way.

Showing off

 

A person can get arrested…

Michigan woman arrested for failing to scan all items at Walmart self-checkout

…for stealing $1,000 from a Walmart in Michigan but not for filching Top Secret documents from the U.S. government. Just pointing out.

This is what we call (with a straight face) the even-handed administration of justice. Unflinching, etc., etc.

[We do not advocate stealing stuff. From anywhere. -ED]

Chicago Sun-Times pleads for more surveillance

Quick tracking by automakers could reduce carjackings

And they have a point:

Carjackings in Chicago rose 38% from 2020 to 2021, as the city saw more than 1,800 carjackings in 2021. In all of Cook County, there were about 2,100 carjackings in 2021.

Modern autos contain tracking devices but companies insist on formalities, even warrants.

Some automakers won’t turn on a location device remotely if a theft victim has not subscribed to the automaker’s tracking service. Some accept calls from police only on weekdays or during certain hours. Others want car owners to be on the phone with police to request a tracking…. Still other automakers require a time-consuming, judge-approved search warrant or a subpoena.

Why not fix that?

The technology is there. The auto companies just need a nudge to do it. And they should do it in a way so that no one — auto companies nor police — can track or keep records of people’s movements later as they go about their daily lives.

Oh. There's the rub.

We're at a crossroads here.