Wednesday, August 25, 2004

1984 toilet

No doubt there will also now have to be new laws regulating web cams and privacy. We read in the AD today that computer hackers have found ways to spy on people by gaining control over their web cams. If we are to believe the Algemeen Dagblad, you cannot even hide in the toilet anymore, at least not in Amsterdam where a well-known theater and café has installed a computer with a voice in its WC. It admonishes you if you don't flush the toilet, smoke in the restroom, or use too much toilet paper. And if you don't do anything wrong, it just coughs once in a while.
(Marijke van der Meer from Radio Netherlands)

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