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I work in this space, building the tools to help LEAs seach their databases. I also have conflicting feelings about how this could be used. We built in access c
by jermaustin1 8y ago
I work in this space, building the tools to help LEAs seach their databases. I also have conflicting feelings about how this could be used. We built in access control down to the specific camera, auditing of every user action, requiring the reason you are performing an action, and mandating the user associate an open case in the same access group as the camera you are querying in order to view the data.
Its pretty locked down to help prevent abuse. I'm not saying abuse is impossible but LEOs or more likely, their administrators, but it is difficult to do it and get away.
I've heard from the higher ups, that abuse used to be rampant in other systems, but since switching to our software, only a handful of people have been found to abuse it.
- chris_mc 8y agoYes, until the government passes new laws which reduce those protections and allow the use of this data for other things. It's really great you built in decent protections, but that doesn't mean they'll always be in place. Us techies seem to think technology exists in a static environment, but it doesn't. Always ask yourself before working on stuff, if the USA were to turn to fascism tomorrow, would your work be helping us fight it or helping it subjugate us?
- 5874-4b22-a4e0 8y agoyeah no thanks, i'll just take the paycheck
- acct1771 8y ago"Fuck you", then, since that's what you're saying to all of us.
- lvs 8y agoAnd then the feed goes to the Feds, and they have their own tools to mine the dataset that aren't subject to your controls and audits. This is an area that requires laws.