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W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 18996 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
It strikes me as a bit 1984, to be honest. As a means of crime prevention, for town/city centres, the surveys aren't convincing, as reported in 1,000 CCTV cameras to solve just one crime, Met Police admits. There is also some evidence that they may just be crime movers. If the criminals know location X is covered then they move to location Y. Which means location Y now needs CCTV and the crime hotspot moves on. There is also the possibility that the "metal theft" crimes could be a means of blacking out the system in a small area. One place they seem to be effective is car parks. And their use at protecting property, such as a factory or school where they can be used with other sensors to record suspicious behavior they work well. So I think society needs to be a think a bit more about where and when it installs CCTV systems. And although not CCTV, isn't this School Tracker also a bit 1984'ish. I can see some benefits, but to me I think it is OTT. Or is it schools have got too big and impersonnel and now too hard to control without electronic aids. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
My understanding is that anything that happens in a public place is well "public". Note the "reality police shows" when someone is being arrested and tries to block the camera, they are told it is a public place and quite within rights to film. I believe you can set up a web cam pointing to the street and record or broadcast it anywhere. This is the Abbey Road crossing this morning: And this is Times Square yesterday from the "archives" (too early there yet!!) There are hundreds of others all for "amusement" which of course anyone with web access can view. |
Horacio Send message Joined: 14 Jan 00 Posts: 536 Credit: 75,967,266 RAC: 0 |
Well if "Minority Report" AI type cameras are not progress, I don't know what is. I agree. But only if this suspect behaviour is used as a prevention and not as in minority report to punish somebody due to something they think he was going to do... I mean, if I call the police because there is a stranger in the street inspecting the cars parked, I hope that they come to disuade the possible thief just with their presence... If the cameras do the automatic report of suspected behaviours it could be good. The only issue is that this automatic thing can be used to fool the police, you just need a certain number of actors doing suspected things in several monitored places to distract the police from the real crime that you are going to commit with a carefully trained behaviour to not act suspiciously... |
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