4 ms·
Who says it's not already being abused? We don't know how the system is secured, and it's staffed by entry-level temp workers hired by a private company with ap
by sehugg 10y ago
Who says it's not already being abused? We don't know how the system is secured, and it's staffed by entry-level temp workers hired by a private company with apparently no oversight.
- Symbiote 10y agoIt's also available to anyone with the money, from the company in the article or competitors. (I assume there are no laws forbidding the system in the USA?) For example, a large company could pay to track whether any of its employees attend a protest. An insurance company could measure whether policy holders are exceeding speed limits (approximately). A person could track the movements of their partner or relative.
- crispyambulance 10y agoWhile I admit that this kind of system can be abused, I am trying to think of a specific, believeable example of abuse. Having lived in Baltimore, I can say that city is literally besieged with crime of all kinds. Its hard to see how a staff worker could abuse the system without having access not only to the cessna cameras but also street cameras and police to do the footwork.
- lawless123 10y agoI could be used to stalk.
- throwanem 10y agoSo could a private investigator, and while I don't know anything about PSS's pricing, a PI would probably be easier as well as cheaper. In this context, is one okay and the other not? Why, or why not?
- bilbo0s 10y agoMaybe I'm not thinking about this correctly... but couldn't you use this to stalk your spouse ??? Or neighbor ??? Or anyone else really ??? Could also be used to follow councilmen, or even representatives and senators around and document their meetings. Tip off the other party's operatives, (for a price), and have them waiting with photography equipment at the senator's next liaison. I don't know ??? Maybe I've just got a more corrupt mind than everyone else ? But I could think of quite a few ways to abuse this system. And make a BOATLOAD of money while I'm at it.
- gambiting 10y agoGCHQ and NAS employees have been reprimanded in the past for using their databases to look up data on their friends and family(one employee used the database of cell phone locations to fill his own car usage sheet, it was easier than remembering all the locations he went to). It's not hard to imagine that people would use cameras in the sky to spy on their spouses, friends, or just use them for personal knowledge(is there traffic on the A1 today? Let's use this publicly funded spying equipment to find out!)