#2: I don't disagree that these are crucial issues, just that I'm improvising this thing one little bit at a time, in my very limited spare time, and I can't figure out all of the answers ahead of time. I just have to make it up as I go along. gwire asks: does the whole system rely heavily on the communications links between each area being extremly reliable?

They don't have to be that reliable. It's not the end of the world if a link goes down and someone's car gets ripped off. We are just playing the averages here. scamp asks: Is it discouraging to have everyone react so negatively? How often do you meet with wholehearted enthusiasm, or at least willingness to check it out?

I think that most of the reactions are cautious rather than negative and that they reflect a totally appropriate skepticism about the possible downside of technology. There are plenty of people who are enthusiastic about the idea. scrow asks: Well, I respect your writing, but I gotta say it seems pretty irresponsible to propose something with such possibility for abuse without thinking it through.

I'm just a guy sitting around in his basement dicking around with spare compuuter parts, and have no power to implement such a system all over the country, as a government or major corporation might. It is impossible to think everything through in full detail ahead of time. Basically I'm going to mess around with it informally until I run into a brick wall, and then quit. Other people will be trying other approaches to the crime problem no matter what I do.