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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by shkkmo on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:04PM (#21021190)
> > Would you approve of a law forbidding the use of cameras in public places?

> This one is difficult. At any earlier time, no.

I suspect the best solution here is laws around how the data from public cameras is stored and processed. Cameras that store a temporary loop of data, delete it after a day or two, and don't upload that data to the cloud are one thing. Cameras that upload every image to the cloud for permanent storage where face recognition software is used to track you movement around the city or your emotional state throughout the day are a different beast.

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Re:Silicon Valley is terrified of California’s privacy law by iamnothere on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:22PM (#21022099)
Surveillance cameras could really use a PCI-type compliance regime. Data must be stored encrypted at rest, intranets must be segregated from the broader web, etc. It isn't perfect but it's better than nothing.
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