The Security Mentor

From Techdirt, I find an interesting story: the police chief in Houston spoke in favor of legally requiring TV cameras in apartment complexes and private homes. Oh, yes, of course he remembered to say "I know a lot of people are concerned about Big Brother, but my response to that is, if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"

I have an answer to that. You should worry about Mark Summerton and Kevin Judge, and all the others like them who haven't gotten caught. They operated a surveillance camera in Merseyside, in the UK. They aimed it to look into the window of a woman's flat. The BBC reports

Over several hours, she was filmed cuddling her boyfriend before undressing, using the toilet, having a bath and watching television dressed only in a towel.

The next time someone wants to strip away your privacy, at the very least make them give you a straight answer about exactly how it's supposed to improve security. If they can't explain that much, they're not your friends.