Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off democracy

Re:Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off ... by multjoy on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:18AM (#22985505)

> Given the vast number of surveillance cameras I saw last time in London, I doubt this would add significantly to their capabilities either.

The majority of CCTV is privately owned. The vast majority of CCTV is not proactively monitored. Tracking someone using London CCTV is someone staring at a screen for a number of hours trying to follow them on playback.

I’ve had the joy of recreating someone’s movements in a nightclub from CCTV. A 6 hour night out took me days to reconstruct, and that’s using a small number of cameras in a well defined area.

CCTV as a mass surveillance tool just doesn’t work.

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Re:Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off ... by cmendel on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:25AM (#22987357)

>Tracking someone using London CCTV is someone staring at a screen for a number of hours trying to follow them on playback.

It is until it isn't. Soon it will be a ML system and it will be possible, then what?

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Re:Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off ... by omnimus on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:46AM (#22985633)

It would work if it was centrally owned and with camera on every corner.

I agree that privately owned cameras are fine. But we have to be very careful what we allow in future.

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