According to Matthew Aid, an intelligence historian and fellow at the National Security Archives at the George Washington University, we should be paying real attention to this issue:

“There’s virtually no branch of the U.S. government that isn’t in some way involved in monitoring or surveillance. We’re operating in a brave new world.” (source)

A reminder indeed, that personal privacy is a cause that urgently needs to be addressed and defended. So spread the word about FlagOff and other initiatives! (and sign the petition if you haven’t already )

A Chinese company has recently launched the “Obaba Buckle“, which is a buckle with a hidden camera and micro DVR built in.

The company praises its product with “You can wear it as a normal belt on your Jeans yet it can record audio and video of your spy need”. Let’s not get it that far that we start wearing Obama buckles to satisfy our government’s spying needs!