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Studies have shown that CCTV reduces crime (https://whatworks.college.police.uk/toolkit/Pages/Intervention.aspx?InterventionID=1 https://whatworks.college.polic
by new_realist 5y ago
Studies have shown that CCTV reduces crime (https://whatworks.college.police.uk/toolkit/Pages/Intervention.aspx?InterventionID=1 https://whatworks.college.police.uk/toolkit/Pages/Interventi...). I expect results here will be even better.
This technology uses secret sharing to ensure a threshold of images are met before photos are flagged. In this case, it's even more private than CCTV.
Totalitarian regimes to do not need some magic bit of technology to abuse citizens; that's been clear since the dawn of time. Those who are concerned about abuse would do well to direct their efforts towards maintenance of democratic systems: upholding societal, political, regulatory and legal checks and balances.
Criminals are becoming better criminals by taking advantage of advancements in technology right now, and, for better or worse, it's an arms race and society will simply not accept criminals gaining the upper hand.
If not proven necessary, society is capable of reverting to prior standards (Habeas Corpus resumed after the Civil War, and parts of the Patriot Act have expired, for example.).
- kappuchino 5y agoYou link to an article that says ... "Overall, the evidence suggests that CCTV c an reduce crime.". And then continues mention that specific context matters: Vehicle crime ... oh well, I wonder if we could combat that without surveilance, like better locks, remote disable of the engine ... There as here with the phones, society has to evaluate the price of the loss of privacy and abuse by totalitarien systems, which will happen - we just can't say when. This is why some - like me - resist backdoors at all if for the price of "more crime".