Could You Be Arrested Before You Commit A Crime? (Or before you even think about it?)

Written on Thursday, June 13, 2013 by Ralph Barker

Steven Spielberg’s great film Minority Report was released in 2002, almost twelve years ago. The film painted a future replete with extremely advanced technology some of which we would find very threatening.

In 2002 that future vision seemed to be one that could not be realized very quickly. However, to a large degree that future has arrived much faster than many would have thought possible. We are all painfully aware that as soon as we purchase some electronic device it is often obsolete by the time we open the box.

In the last twelve years technology has experienced a 1000-year leap. Many things that could only be visualized in 2002 have become reality. This should amplify our concerns in light of the government’s deep intrusion into and destruction of our privacy. Each day we learn of new and disturbing violations of our rights by Big Brother.

The Precogs of today are not human psychics who float in a warm hot tub all day. Rather they are advanced computer software programs designed with very specific algorithms…..Some experts believe that these computer programs are more accurate than their human counterparts…..To Read More….