Re:Ban on Recording Without Consent Is Unconstitutional, US ...
by godelski on Thursday July 06, 2023 @03:52PM
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I think you're getting to the critical points here:
- manually, non-recorded, surveillance was difficult as it required a lot of man power. It also was contingent upon the trustworthiness of the source!
- Recorded surveillance was expensive and bulky, making it unlikely in the first place.
- Storage of data, both physical and digital (film or tape), was expensive, bulky, and difficult to search.
Now all that has changed, and in extreme ways. It is now very feasible and cheap to put up a camera to record 24/7, store that data for lengthy periods of time, and automatically search that data for cheap and in a reasonable amount of time as well. Acting like the 70's (or even 2000's) and 2020's are the same in expectations of surveillance is ludicrous at best.
- manually, non-recorded, surveillance was difficult as it required a lot of man power. It also was contingent upon the trustworthiness of the source!
- Recorded surveillance was expensive and bulky, making it unlikely in the first place.
- Storage of data, both physical and digital (film or tape), was expensive, bulky, and difficult to search.
Now all that has changed, and in extreme ways. It is now very feasible and cheap to put up a camera to record 24/7, store that data for lengthy periods of time, and automatically search that data for cheap and in a reasonable amount of time as well. Acting like the 70's (or even 2000's) and 2020's are the same in expectations of surveillance is ludicrous at best.