Satellites Spy On Competitors
from the cover-up-those-crops dept
While spy satellites used to be focused on governments spying on governments, now they're going corporate. The various companies that sell satellite photos are finding good business in agricultural espionage. Plenty of farmers (and even government agricultural departments) are buying satellite images from around the world to see what their competitors are up to. Once again, it appears that the biggest push in spying isn't coming from the government but from private companies.
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Cartel rennaissance?
We're in the "ideologue" phase of terrorism for now, in which terrorists believe in grand philosophical causes. Terrorists of the future will probably have pettier causes.
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