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Re:A brief history of government efforts to stop people from... by swebs on Friday October 04, 2019 @08:36AM (#21156994)
It seems most of these weren't passed until after 2010, whereas CCTV was widespread since at least the 80's.
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Re:A brief history of government efforts to stop people from... by easytiger on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:35AM (#21158116)
Off the shelf CCTV is beyond terrible for most purposes concordant with this conspiracy theory.

In a jurisdiction I know police always come to unrest etc with a van equipped with HR cameras. Those are then manually sifted post event to identify persons

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Re:A brief history of government efforts to stop people from... by wilsonrocks on Friday October 04, 2019 @09:54AM (#21157690)
Isn't CCTV bad at identifying faces though?
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Re:A brief history of government efforts to stop people from... by swebs on Friday October 04, 2019 @10:49AM (#21158257)
CCTV just means the video feed is not broadcast publicly. Cameras can be as good as you're willing to pay.
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