Here’s a radical proposal (similar to some from David Brin): put all public camera footage into a data repository, allow anyone to search it, but record that they did so – and make that information publicly available as well.
I can see downsides the article doesn’t mention (criminals will know where there are camera blind spots, for example). But the upsides are certainly interesting.
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Big Brother Nation: The Case for Ubiquitous, Open-Sourced Surveillance in Smart Cities
you want ubiquitous public surveillance, fine after you make sure everyone has a home so we all have our zones of privacy
you want ubiquitous public surveillance, fine after you make sure everyone has a home so we all have our zones of privacy
laurie corzett And find a way to prevent criminals from using it to determine people’s routines so that they can commit robberies, etc.
laurie corzett And find a way to prevent criminals from using it to determine people’s routines so that they can commit robberies, etc.
I think the plan there would be not so much to prevent them using it as to have evidence that they had used it.
I think the plan there would be not so much to prevent them using it as to have evidence that they had used it.
Mike Reeves-McMillan Which is not really as much of a help to their victims, prevention being a preference.
Mike Reeves-McMillan Which is not really as much of a help to their victims, prevention being a preference.