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  Chris, 1 May 2003 @ 10:38am

  
  

  No Subject Given

  It's worrysome for sure, but in the short term neither the manpower or computer is really there to do anything with all this data that is being collected. Given how inefficently our government usually operates, we have time to get a handle on this. It will be a few years, at least, before somebody in the FBI can request all pictures of me taken in the last 48 hours, and get it. In reality, governments effort to watch everything probably means they are missing the vast majority of stuff they should be watching!

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  bob, 1 May 2003 @ 10:50am

  
  

  public vs private

  His rant doesn't make it clear how many of the surveillance cameras he's complaining about belong to private businesses or individuals. Sure, everyone has the right to privacy, but not in public. Surveillance cameras are a deterrent to crime in low-traffic areas like parking garages. A business has a right to protect it's assets using surveillance cameras, and frankly has an obligation to it's customers as well. How many convenience store robbers have been caught because they showed up on a surveillance tape right before it was sent to "America's Funniest Police Videos?"

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    Chris, 1 May 2003 @ 11:25am

    
    

    Re: public vs private

    I had a surveillance camera covering my property in my last house. We had some problem kids in the neighborhood so I set up low light camera that automatically triggered a VCR to record anytime motion was detected on my property. It was a pretty slick system, and great fun when we were selling he house. After every showing I would check the tape to see if we picked up any interesting driveway chatter from the potential buyers.

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      Oliver Wendell Jones, 1 May 2003 @ 12:55pm

      
      

      Re: public vs private

      After every showing I would check the tape to see if we picked up any interesting driveway chatter from the potential buyers
      
      IANAL, but just a legal FYI, you can legally record video of people in public without their prior consent but you can NOT record audio without them being aware you are doing so.

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  dsg, 1 May 2003 @ 12:04pm

  
  

  Counter Surveillance

  The author of the article talks about jamming the signal... this says it would do the job:
  http://www.wave-shield.com/body.htm
  
  However, I'm really wanting to build one of these to "spy" on signals:
  http://rhizome.org/RSG/RSG-X10-1/

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  ward99, 2 May 2003 @ 7:45am

  
  

  Database of cameras

  It'd take a lot of work, but it seems that it would be possible to make a database of cameras.
  Get a pic of it if possible, the latitude and longitude, and information about
  the location. Add any other relevant facts (zip, city, etc.)
  In an attempt in starting such a list, I've made a new group atAnnotatedEarth that would allow for this. This could just be a simple list. Or, if a person was using one of the AnnotatedEarth-enabled location aware applications, it would actually alert you when you got within a certain distance of a camera.

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    Anonymous Coward, 2 May 2003 @ 9:03am

    
    

    Re: cameras

    "It is quite rare for an institution to have more than one person watching its closed-circuit televisions at any one time. In many situations, no-one is assigned to watch the monitors, as employers may view it as a waste of manpower and employees view it as a tremendously mind-numbing chore. Think of all the unmonitored camera banks you've seen yourself. It's incredibly rare for someone to actually sit and do nothing else but watch the monitors. Further, often one monitor flips between the input of a dozen cameras. This means one has a one-in-12 chance of being seen, if anyone's watching. "
    

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  Sissy Henemyre, 3 May 2006 @ 11:15am

  
  

  my opinion

  I think that surveillance cameras are good in a way but they can also be bad and annoying. If there is a surveillance camera around where you live, then you never know who's watching you. It might be a sex offender or even worse you could have children and they could come up missing one day and you wouldn't know where they are. If you have a personal surveillance cameras then it's alright because this way you can watch our for robbers or even catch someone on the tape trying to steal something from you yard or property.

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  brookelyn fox, 21 Mar 2011 @ 6:57am

  
  

  surveillance

  yes, we should be able to have our own privacy, next it'll be spying when were in the loo.

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