Re:How Surveillance Changes Behavior: A Restaurant Workers C...
by mikeash on Monday September 02, 2013 @06:52PM
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Depends on what you consider to be "surveillance en masse" and what the laws are like where you operate.
I would equate "surveillance en masse" to be cameras that are constantly watched by the government, tracking me in my daily life even though I have done nothing wrong.
In a legal environment where police need a warrant to compel private shop owners to turn over surveillance footage, an owner who installs cameras and requires warrants (this is key, plenty of people will just bow to any request) is not contributing to what I would consider to be the problem.
Re:How Surveillance Changes Behavior: A Restaurant Workers C...
by malandrew on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @01:55AM
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Makes me wonder if in the future there will be establishments that advertise that they are "surveillance free" as a benefit just like organic labeling on food.
I would equate "surveillance en masse" to be cameras that are constantly watched by the government, tracking me in my daily life even though I have done nothing wrong.
In a legal environment where police need a warrant to compel private shop owners to turn over surveillance footage, an owner who installs cameras and requires warrants (this is key, plenty of people will just bow to any request) is not contributing to what I would consider to be the problem.