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Re:Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live v... by JumpCrisscross on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:17PM (#29627971)
As a New Yorker, I’d love to have that sort of visual feedback on the surveillance of Times Square, a public space. And whether I care is quite relevant.
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Re:Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live v... by dangrossman on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:21PM (#29628022)
Live visuals aren't making a recording, they're reacting to sound inputs in realtime. That's not surveillance.

Times Square is already blanketed in actual surveillance unrelated to live visuals on billboards.

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/

https://worldcams.tv/united-states/new-york/times-square

https://www.mylivestreams.com/webcam/times-square-live-strea...

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Re:Apple added an orange dot that’s a showstopper for live v... by JumpCrisscross on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:58PM (#29628579)
> Live visuals aren't making a recording, they're reacting to sound inputs in realtime. That's not surveillance.

Potato, potato. If a billboard has a microphone attached, it's not unreasonable to put a visual tax on it. (Or the economic tax of using dedicated equipment. Nobody is running Times Square billboards off a Mac.)

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