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The database you described has existed for a while. It's called social media. People voluntarily post their minute-frequency gps location, workplace, political

The database you described has existed for a while. It's called social media. People voluntarily post their minute-frequency gps location, workplace, political and religious leanings, sexual preferences, views on current events, and an exhaustive list of friends, family, coworkers, and other associates. Not to mention hundreds, if not thousands, of geo-tagged pictures of themselves over the years, along with a list of the other people in the frame, as well as a written discussion of the events photographed.

wukerplank 6y ago
Yes, this also calls for regulations as to what the collecting companies can or can't do. GDPR was a first step into this direction.
Spooky23 6y ago
That required big centralized networks. The future is smaller commercial networks. A friend is a detective who essentially looks for and forms relationships with people with security cameras, especially cameras that can be linked to a reference time source (like a red light camera) The cost of things like LPR and soon facial recognition is so low (and going lower) that you’re going to have many federated networks tracking movements of cars and people.
- fludlight 6y ago
  How does a red light help as a reference time? Does the light log every time it changes or is it for visual synchronization with other nearby cameras?
  - gridspy 6y ago
    Perhaps: The red light camera is taking video footage with a trusted and calibrated time stamp. If you see an object appear in frame in both the red light camera and another camera, you can use this moment to establish a timestamp for the other camera. So perhaps you see a subject walking in the red light camera (establishing time), but another camera lets you observe details about that subject.
  - Spooky23 6y ago
    The red light cameras have a trusted time setting. If you can build a chain of video that incorporates the trusted time source, you avoid dealing with and getting testimony from joe homeowners camera.

wukerplank 6y ago

Yes, this also calls for regulations as to what the collecting companies can or can't do. GDPR was a first step into this direction.

Spooky23 6y ago

That required big centralized networks. The future is smaller commercial networks. A friend is a detective who essentially looks for and forms relationships with people with security cameras, especially cameras that can be linked to a reference time source (like a red light camera) The cost of things like LPR and soon facial recognition is so low (and going lower) that you’re going to have many federated networks tracking movements of cars and people.

fludlight 6y ago
How does a red light help as a reference time? Does the light log every time it changes or is it for visual synchronization with other nearby cameras?
- gridspy 6y ago
  Perhaps: The red light camera is taking video footage with a trusted and calibrated time stamp. If you see an object appear in frame in both the red light camera and another camera, you can use this moment to establish a timestamp for the other camera. So perhaps you see a subject walking in the red light camera (establishing time), but another camera lets you observe details about that subject.
- Spooky23 6y ago
  The red light cameras have a trusted time setting. If you can build a chain of video that incorporates the trusted time source, you avoid dealing with and getting testimony from joe homeowners camera.