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OnBackground Donating Member (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:41 AM
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Cameras in the Parks
Is there anyone else who isn't quite sure what to think about Mayor Williams' eagerness to <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20050713-102439-5372r.htm">use video cameras widely</a> to stop crime, and the growing number of cameras in public places around the country?

<blockquote>"I think they can be used much more widely over more hours and certainly could be used, for example, in many of our neighborhood areas, our parks, our commercial districts our recreation centers," Mr. Williams said during his weekly press briefing.</blockquote>

Stopping crime and catching criminals is good, who would argue with that, but what about basic privacy or anonymity in public places? Do you really want the government watching and tracking you when you are out and about? One cannot help but be more concerned these days, not just because of the proliferation of cameras, but with all of the new technology that makes the cameras useful. These days we have advanced facial pattern recognition software that enables computers to identify you, programs that can monitor you for "suspicious" activities, and an incredibly advanced capacity to analyze, save, and combine all of this data with that in other databases. Where are we going with this?
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WhoWantsToBeOccupied Donating Member (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:48 AM
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1. The final step necessary to make Orwell the greatest futurist ever!
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:57 AM
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2. the playbook
I swear it's like they think the geopolitical setup in 1984 would actually work.
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