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Apart from possible health effects, is anyone else concerned about 5G eventually being used for real-time CCTV surveillance networks with centralized facial rec
by jannes 7y ago
Apart from possible health effects, is anyone else concerned about 5G eventually being used for real-time CCTV surveillance networks with centralized facial recognition?
The higher bandwidth (up to 10 Gbps) and higher cell density should support quite a few simultaneous video feeds to a central government location.
- deadbunny 7y agoPretty sure anyone setting up CCTV does so on a wired network. Why the outrage now when your scenario has been possible for years (piping CCTV footage to a central location)?
- jannes 7y agoYes, I know it's been possible for years. But 5G would lower the deployment costs dramatically (assuming the operator gets a good flatrate data deal) and it enables connecting moving objects like buses and trains into the network. You are right that the slippery slope has been started already a while ago.
- criddell 7y agoThe government doesn't need to do anything. Advertisers will deploy the technology and when the government wants access, all they have to do is get a warrant or maybe even just ask nicely.
- mywittyname 7y agoOr lease direct access. Lots of companies make bank by selling to the government access to their databases, even when said database contains information you'd think the police (or whomever) would already have access to, such as public records info.
- vermilingua 7y agoThis is already the case. I highly recommend you attend any physical security exhibition, CCTV vendors will happily demonstrate the capacity of their facial recognition appliances. (And that’s business grade commercial, imagine mil-spec)