Re:Stop Filming Strangers in 2023
by musicale on Monday January 09, 2023 @01:28AM
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> Do you have a consent problem with surveillance videos?
Ubiquitous CCTV cameras certainly bring issues of privacy, as well as what they should be used for.
One example is Smart Streetlights, which were initially promoted as energy saving lights that would help to monitor and manage traffic, but quickly turned into dragnet police surveillance systems, initially to solve violent crimes but ultimately including property crimes such as vandalism, illegal dumping, and destruction of city property[1], and for protest surveillance [2].
License plate cameras tend to have similar mission creep - they start out for parking enforcement and turn into a system for tracking citizens whenever and wherever they drive.
Ubiquitous CCTV cameras certainly bring issues of privacy, as well as what they should be used for.
One example is Smart Streetlights, which were initially promoted as energy saving lights that would help to monitor and manage traffic, but quickly turned into dragnet police surveillance systems, initially to solve violent crimes but ultimately including property crimes such as vandalism, illegal dumping, and destruction of city property[1], and for protest surveillance [2].
[1] https://voiceofsandiego.org/2020/02/03/the-mission-creep-of-...
[2] https://mashable.com/article/police-surveil-black-lives-matt...
License plate cameras tend to have similar mission creep - they start out for parking enforcement and turn into a system for tracking citizens whenever and wherever they drive.