Do you ride the bus? How do you feel about having your conversations recorded every day?

There was a news report over the weekend that Homeland Security has given a number of grants to public transportation systems around the country to install real-time (wireless internet) voice monitoring systems on city buses.

Aside from the privacy implications of this (does the government really need to know that I am stopping on the way home to buy milk because my daughter called?), is it likely that potential terrorists are discussing their plans while riding the commuter shuttle bus in Athens, GA (and Baltimore. And San Francisco… And so on…)

Seems like a waste of money and a huge intrusion.