Re:Portland, Maine passes referendum banning facial surveill...
by fitz13 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @02:59PM
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Good points, well made. Especially about the hacking.
My only other thought is that a government/organization interested in using/misusing such a database would be willing to invent a pretense.
I'm not sure how heavily to weigh the precedent of government surveillance skirting these kinds of protections. I assume that Portland doesn't have a FISA court rubber-stamp equivalent, but I can't know for sure.
Either way, I think you're right that adding speedbumps to the process is a good thing, especially for data security. I just hope that people don't consider this too much of a victory, although it is definitely a victory.
My only other thought is that a government/organization interested in using/misusing such a database would be willing to invent a pretense.
I'm not sure how heavily to weigh the precedent of government surveillance skirting these kinds of protections. I assume that Portland doesn't have a FISA court rubber-stamp equivalent, but I can't know for sure.
Either way, I think you're right that adding speedbumps to the process is a good thing, especially for data security. I just hope that people don't consider this too much of a victory, although it is definitely a victory.