“I’ll be Watchin’ You” – Yet Another(!) Spy Gadget

Amerika, Amerika…once a land where we were proud to be mindin’ our own business – where we didn’t go around snoopin’ on our neighbors like buncha nosy old women…

And now, a country where almost everyone feels the need to be – or be watched by – Orwell’s “Big Brother.”

Since we are also a nation in which the highest value is to make a buck, there has been no shortage of  merchants offering the latest gadgets to make constant monitoring of our every move easier.

Take SpyGadgets’ latest offering: the Peephole Reverse Viewer Tactical Door Viewer. This handy-dandy pocket-sized device allows folks to look into other people’s homes by placing it over the door peephole – without anyone inside knowing. Not only does it fit over most common peepholes in the U.S., it can also be used in almost any country where peepholes are used. The housing is manufactured (probably in Indonesia or Bangladesh) from a strong, lightweight composite material, and the lenses are precision ground from the highest quality glass especially for this application.

Best of all, it retails for only $88.00!

According to the prospectus, the Peephole Reverse Viewer Tactical Door Viewer was “developed with the help of the law enforcement industry to help them assess potential hazards behind dwelling doors.”

Indeed, but 10,000 years of human history – and the the last five years in particular – shows us that what can be used will invariably be mis-used and ab-used. Sadly, between these unending advances in surveillance technology and the steady dismantling of the Fourth Amendment by the current Administration, it’s safe to say that we’ll soon be abandoning Francis Scott Key’s The Star Spangled Banner for Sting’s I’ll Be Watchin’ You…

Amerika, Amerika…once a land where we were proud to be mindin’ our own business – where we didn’t go around snoopin’ on our neighbors like buncha nosy old women…

And now, a country where almost everyone feels the need to be – or be watched by – Orwell’s “Big Brother.”

Since we are also a nation in which the highest value is to make a buck, there has been no shortage of  merchants offering the latest gadgets to make constant monitoring of our every move easier.

Take SpyGadgets’ latest offering: the Peephole Reverse Viewer Tactical Door Viewer. This handy-dandy pocket-sized device allows folks to look into other people’s homes by placing it over the door peephole – without anyone inside knowing. Not only does it fit over most common peepholes in the U.S., it can also be used in almost any country where peepholes are used. The housing is manufactured (probably in Indonesia or Bangladesh) from a strong, lightweight composite material, and the lenses are precision ground from the highest quality glass especially for this application.

Best of all, it retails for only $88.00!

According to the prospectus, the Peephole Reverse Viewer Tactical Door Viewer was “developed with the help of the law enforcement industry to help them assess potential hazards behind dwelling doors.”

Indeed, but 10,000 years of human history – and the the last five years in particular – shows us that what can be used will invariably be mis-used and ab-used. Sadly, between these unending advances in surveillance technology and the steady dismantling of the Fourth Amendment by the current Administration, it’s safe to say that we’ll soon be abandoning Francis Scott Key’s The Star Spangled Banner for Sting’s I’ll Be Watchin’ You…