Using Traffic Cameras To Track Down The Sniper
from the welcome-to-the-future dept
Worried about all those surveillance cameras creating a "Big Brother" society where people are spied on at every moment? The NY Times is discussing how police could be using traffic cameras to help find the sniper currently terrorizing the Washington DC area. While I think it's good that the police are working hard to piece together clues, this does (again) raise issues of what privacy people should expect to have once they leave their homes. It sounds like most current traffic cameras aren't all that useful and don't store info for very long. However, I'm sure it won't be long before a criminal is caught based on traffic cameras.
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