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> I never understood why people hate CCTV cameras - they are in public places. If the police found out about a meeting to discuss police corruption, the police
by kirsebaer 11y ago
> I never understood why people hate CCTV cameras - they are in public places.
If the police found out about a meeting to discuss police corruption, the police could look up the CCTV camera data, combine with face recognition, etc, and find out who was at the meeting.
There is a long history of harassment of activists and whistleblowers.
- caskance 11y agoIf the police found out about a meeting to discuss a bank robbery, the police could look up the CCTV camera data, combine with face recognition, etc, and find out who was at the meeting. There is a long history of arresting bank robbers.
- ocb 11y agoBecause bank robberies are something that happens often enough and affects enough people that we should allow people in power (who are never, ever corrupt!) to have the capability to do something where the potential for abuse is incredibly easy to imagine. East Germany and the Stasi are a pretty good example of what happens when mass surveillance goes wrong. That wasn't very long ago.
- caskance 11y agoPeople in power by definition have that capability. That's what it means to be in power.
- dredmorbius 11y agoTu quoque fallacy. You've failed to refute op's argument.
- caskance 11y agoLack of rye bread, corned beef, and sauerkraut. You've failed to assemble a reuben sandwich.
- notahacker 11y agoThis assumes that the police knew the time, whereabouts and subject of the meeting and there happened to be a functioning security camera right outside. Frankly, there were easier ways of identifying activists and whistleblowers to harass even before the internet.