Think Walls Keep You Hidden from View? New Police Radar Devices Can Now See Inside.

You're having a nice, relaxing evening at home in a sleepy Cedar Rapids neighborhood. Feet up, TV on...Cheetos residue on your fingernails. Cozy. Secure. Blinds drawn. No one could possible know what you're doing inside, right?

Not so fast..

From this USA TODAY article comes a report that some 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have a secret way to see inside your walls. It's a radar detector for movements.

Great. Another privacy issue is here. As if we haven't had enough to worry about lately. This one is raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance. Even if this "Range-R" technology can only detect a person inside with a finely-tuned motion detector, how far are we from seeing details and clear actions of individuals on "the other side," It's probably available...we just don't know about it.

The FBI and U.S. Marshalls have been using these systems for two years without any public disclosure. This is warrant-free surveillance. No word on if Eastern Iowa police forces are working with this stuff.

We have quickly arrived at this assumption: If you are in public, there's a chance you are being watched via a video and/or audio recording device. Now, it applies to your humble abode.

I was hoping robots doing my dishes would be the next big thing....