The future is here and financial institutions are watching what you spend your money on. Now that using debit and credit cards are becoming the norm, we are making Big Brother's job of watching us all that much easier. I know crackpots like Alex Jones have been banging this drum for a while, but the nut job has a point - a point brought home by the way the nabbed New York Governor Eliot Spitzer - they followed the money trail.I'm one of the guys laughing at this sleazy politician getting caught. However we freedom-loving Americans should be fearful that the POWERS THAT BE, are getting even

I used to work at a prominent brokerage house next to a girl that grew up in the old GDR - that's East Germany to you and me. As a little girl in the early 1980's her family was able to get out and escape to the West. She told me that before their escape her uncle and a few other relatives were rounded up by the Secret Police known as the Stasi (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit). She never saw most of them again. So how were these freedom-loving people caught while planning their family's escape? Wiretapping and neighbors spying on neighbors.So in what direction does the United States

One week ago I got a comment on a post stating that China is simply a "worker bee country." They were basically playing down my assumption that China will be the next superpower and how already the world is starting to cater to this awakening giant. Well today's story of China spying on the US should not be a surprise to anyone who really knows what is going on in China. Anyone who has ever thrown rocks at a beehive knows that a supposed "worker bee" can sting too.Past warnings about Chinese espionage have apparently been ignored, even though it is a well known threat. This

Spying on a neighbor goes Bond with the Spion Orbitor Electronic Listening Device ($60). This weapon-looking device can let you hear conversations up to 300 feet away and record up to 120 seconds. It comes with an adjustable frequency controller to help with background noise as well as an on-board 10x spyglass for visually seeing the target you're spying on. Friends.. is this $60 worth of fun or an invasion into your privacy ?