Re:Redditor finds unsecured surveillance cameras seemingly p...
by imglorp on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:29PM
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True if you don't count JLENS, and ARGUS, which have been deployed wherever they feel like for years. Further muddied is that there are federal grants to let local law enforcement buy this gear.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/the-rap...
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/harford/aegis/bs-md-jl...
Re:Redditor finds unsecured surveillance cameras seemingly p...
by abstractbarista on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:15PM
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Always enjoyed that movie. I suggest everyone check it out!
The best book on the topic: https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Sky-Secret-Gorgon-Stare/dp/05449...
The primary domestic use was by the Baltimore police department and it was supplied by an individual billionaire interested in funding the project.
Interesting fact in that book was that the initial spark for the project was someone in government watching Enemy of the State in the 90s and thinking "we should be building this". Somewhat comically the guy who worked on the camera effects in the movie also has a defense company and was asked to help build the real thing.