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The article title is missing the key word "camera". "Smart Streetlights" just sound like they intelligently control when the lights turn on and off, and saying
by s1mon 6y ago
The article title is missing the key word "camera". "Smart Streetlights" just sound like they intelligently control when the lights turn on and off, and saying that they would be turned off sounds like San Diego would be plunged into darkness at night.
- loteck 6y agoMy original title was "orders city's surveillance camera network shut down." HN likes to defer to original headlines, which is understandable.
- JamesSwift 6y agoThats understandable, but the edit also left out the 'surveillance' bit from the original
- supercanuck 6y ago> But the Smart Streetlights were more than lights. They included streetlight-mounted cameras and technologically advanced sensors with the ability to turn video images of cars and people into valuable data the city could use — thus the “smart” in Smart Streetlights.
- dang 6y agoOk, we put the cameras back in the title above.