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From hacker news stories I've now seen that FBI has shell company planes flying over major cities, cameras on the utility poles and wants root un-encrypted acce
by carlmcqueen 10y ago
From hacker news stories I've now seen that FBI has shell company planes flying over major cities, cameras on the utility poles and wants root un-encrypted access to our phones. Scary.
- Houshalter 10y agoI actually support the surveillance planes. It seems much less invasive than the public surveillance cameras that are becoming ubiquitous. They can't identify faces or cars, just see where people move to after a crime. I'd like some protections on it though. Like deleting the data after 5 days, or requiring a warrant to look at it. No one should look at live. And the cameras shouldn't be better than what google maps or a person in a low flying plane could see. It makes it possible to solve a huge number of crimes much easier. People spend so much energy living in fear of crime. Kids aren't allowed outside anymore, housing is segregated, etc. Irrational or not, anything that decreases people's fear without being too invasive is a huge positive.
- mattnewton 10y ago>> It seems much less invasive than the public surveillance cameras that are becoming ubiquitous. They can't identify faces or cars yet >> Irrational or not, anything that decreases people's fear without being too invasive is a huge positive. I don't think people really live in that much fear, or should. I also don't want their fear to dictate what my definition of invasive is.
- whoopdedo 10y agoViolent crime in the U.S. may be like Lisa Simpson's "bear rock". The if-it-bleeds-it-leads media makes crime appear to be more common than it actually is. The public then ask for law enforcement to protect them from this threat. When they see the low rates of violent crime around them, they assume it's a result of the increased policing.
- Joof 10y agoThe planes aren't bad, but likely set a precedent for drone surveillance.