I think I've been in the info sec field too long. When I read
this article on "x-ray vision", my second thought was how criminals would find them useful to verify that no one is home in a place they are about to rob, or to ascertain whether there are security guards nearby before they break into a business. (My first thought was about the invasion of privacy such a device would permit.)
Admittedly, the penultimate paragraph in the article is written to sound reassuring, but given the lack of specificity, I am not very reassured.
Although I can see beneficial uses for such a device, I am not at all convinced that the positives would outweigh the negatives. Perhaps the years of learning to think like the bad guys and gals has made me a bit too jaded. What do you all think about this device, assuming it goes to market and does all the researchers are claiming?
- Lynn
