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Either zoom has an opportunity to add a location-verification privacy nightmare of a feature, or a startup can make a zoom replacement for the unique needs of a
by vnchr 5y ago
Either zoom has an opportunity to add a location-verification privacy nightmare of a feature, or a startup can make a zoom replacement for the unique needs of a remote justice system.
- inetknght 5y agoNo. The court handled this quickly and appropriately. I don't see a reason to lose one's privacy.
- regulation_d 5y agoobviously the question is, are there cases of witness intimidation that aren't being caught?
- inetknght 5y agoAny information provided over Zoom can be falsified. Any future court which has concerns about witness intimidation should follow a similar procedure that this court already performed. There is no reason to lose your privacy over this.
- dylan604 5y agoshort answer, yes. as long as there are "bad guys" willing to do anything to stay out of jail, witness intimidation will occur as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow.
- happytoexplain 5y agoThe court discovered the problem in this instance. Further, the parent provided an alternative suggestion. Another commenter elaborated on that "dedicated platform" idea: A dedicated device.
- cameron_b 5y agoZoom is new in courtrooms, but videoconferencing is not. it used to be done on dedicated devices and could in the future as well. Cisco and Poly ( formerly Polycom ) were loved for their security and management functions. Put a defendant in the "Video" room at the jail and have an arraignment with zero physical interaction, threat to court staff, or transport costs and risks [and the jail staff just need to make sure the thing is plugged in to the wall, the rest was automated]. This was the model when I installed the stuff 10 years ago ( in a mostly rural county in South Carolina, at that ) Zoom is blowing the doors off access, but there is appetite for specialization.
- dheera 5y agoThere is no way to "verify location" on a device that I own. My device can always spoof its location, does spoof location by default, and my device can run Zoom's code in an altered way. IMO the best way to facilitate this is for the courthouse to deliver an officially-sanctioned device on the date of the trial to everyone involved (defendants, attackers, witnesses, jurors, judges, lawyers), that device come with its own LTE connection, and it be a federal violation to modify that device. In addition, the courts should NEVER divulge the location of the participants in a trial or put it into any document, as that might put violence victims at further risk.
- robrenaud 5y agoMaking courts cases slower, more expensive, and more cumbersome is probably not a net benefit to victims of violence. It is not as though the woman was was testifying against organized crime. Muting or pausing the recordings during testimony of private information, or redacting them from the recording might be a good compromise.
- bdcravens 5y agoRemote proctored exams have already put in place measures (both process and technical) to address a number of these issues.