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In principle, it ought to be possible to ensure an encrypted version of all the video is always uploaded to some governmental servers that the police can not ta
by jamesrcole 9y ago
In principle, it ought to be possible to ensure an encrypted version of all the video is always uploaded to some governmental servers that the police can not tamper with, where the video can only be accessed under appropriate circumstances by an appropriate authority.
- tylerhou 9y agoYou're abstracting a lot of your argument away. When are "appropriate circumstances?" Who is an "appropriate authority?" Surely not the police department? Or the DA? Those questions are the crux of the issue, not the medium on which the recordings are stored.
- ameister14 9y agoAn appropriate authority is a judge, and appropriate circumstances are if and when it passes the requirements to be shown in court or accessed with a warrant.
- DomreiRoam 9y agoYou can create a system with authorization, ACL and an audit trail with justifications. It is less complicated to implement and can be audited after the fact. When you need access to an information, the system ask a reason (a procedure number or something) the system can grant it or not and all is logged. You can have a third party or authority notified and they could grant access to more sensible information.
- jamesrcole 9y ago> Those questions are the crux of the issue, not the medium on which the recordings are stored. They are definitely important, but remember that I was replying to a comment that implied the only option was for the video to be made publicly available, and my comment was primarily trying to say that was not the only option. I'm not sure exactly what the appropriate circumstances/authority are -- not my area of expertise -- but I think ones must exist. I don't know if you're arguing against the idea that there is some appropriate circumstances/authority.