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Look up "Surveillance Camera Man" on Youtube. It's really fascinating to see that (not surprisingly) people hate being filmed by someone with a camera. Yet for

Look up "Surveillance Camera Man" on Youtube. It's really fascinating to see that (not surprisingly) people hate being filmed by someone with a camera. Yet for some reason they don't care about the hundreds of other cameras being operated remotely that line the streets.

ryandrake 8y ago
People are illogical. If they are in any large city in the world, they are likely being watched by at least 10 cameras over the course of the day, and nobody seems concerned. But, when you have someone holding the camera, all of a sudden they lose their minds. Which one is likely to be a bigger threat to you? A city-wide network of always-on cameras monitored by who knows how many people, or a single rando pointing a single camera at you?
- reitanqild 8y ago
  Given that: - there are strict laws about what surveillance video can be used for - surveillance video is rarely abused - people with video cameras are a whole lot more likely to upload me to youtube and facebook (where I'll stay forever, possibly with nasty comments both by the uploader and commenters) - while surveillance video will most likely be deleted within 14 days or 3 months or something I'll happily - take 10 surveillance cameras - over one random person pointing filming me - today That said, I think there might be too much surveillance. And it might be dangerous in the future. The person who wants to make a funny video with me is however a more imminent threat.
  - JadeNB 8y ago
    > surveillance video is rarely abused What makes you believe this? I am cynical and suspect it happens all the time, but I doubt either of us knows.
  - another-cuppa 8y ago
    That is probably why people think there is a difference. But it's completely illogical. How do you think someone is going to "abuse" the footage? You say uploading to Youtube but there's all kinds of potentially embarrassing CCTV footage all over Youtube. Maybe there is some other kind of abuse possible, but you'd never know about it, just like you'd never know if someone is abusing the CCTV footage.

ryandrake 8y ago

People are illogical. If they are in any large city in the world, they are likely being watched by at least 10 cameras over the course of the day, and nobody seems concerned. But, when you have someone holding the camera, all of a sudden they lose their minds. Which one is likely to be a bigger threat to you? A city-wide network of always-on cameras monitored by who knows how many people, or a single rando pointing a single camera at you?

reitanqild 8y ago
Given that: - there are strict laws about what surveillance video can be used for - surveillance video is rarely abused - people with video cameras are a whole lot more likely to upload me to youtube and facebook (where I'll stay forever, possibly with nasty comments both by the uploader and commenters) - while surveillance video will most likely be deleted within 14 days or 3 months or something I'll happily - take 10 surveillance cameras - over one random person pointing filming me - today That said, I think there might be too much surveillance. And it might be dangerous in the future. The person who wants to make a funny video with me is however a more imminent threat.
- JadeNB 8y ago
  > surveillance video is rarely abused What makes you believe this? I am cynical and suspect it happens all the time, but I doubt either of us knows.
- another-cuppa 8y ago
  That is probably why people think there is a difference. But it's completely illogical. How do you think someone is going to "abuse" the footage? You say uploading to Youtube but there's all kinds of potentially embarrassing CCTV footage all over Youtube. Maybe there is some other kind of abuse possible, but you'd never know about it, just like you'd never know if someone is abusing the CCTV footage.