It's been a while since we've checked up on the latest gadget news but, what do you know, as soon as we do we find that Londoners are being targeted by hi-tech refuse spies.
According to Engagdet "In an experiment designed to track trash collection, residents of Croydon, South London, are having chips installed in their trash bins."
The chips are designed to "keep tabs" on the regular collections, but it seems some paranoid souls have already warned that those shadowy refuse authorities may use the chips to monitor "trash levels" and then deal with those people who produce too much rubbish.
In this Guardian article from last week, Andrew Pelling, the Conservative London assembly representative for the area, says "The Stasi or the KGB could never have dreamed of getting a spying device in every household."
He goes on: "If, for example, computer hackers broke in to the system, they could see sudden reductions in waste in specific households, suggesting the owners were on holiday and the house vacant."
That's some pretty dedicated burglars you've got in mind there Andy. Wouldn't the time-honoured ploy of ringing the doorbell be a whole lot easier?
