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They're not something you really notice. It got pretty ridiculous at one point where one restaurant I knew of was told to put up 5 CCTV cameras by the police a
by mattmanser 3y ago
They're not something you really notice.
It got pretty ridiculous at one point where one restaurant I knew of was told to put up 5 CCTV cameras by the police as a condition of their alcohol licence.
This wasn't a pack 'em and feed 'em booze restaurant, just a perfectly normal couples style restaurant.
Afaik the local council eventually reined the police in, but the police just don't seem to view any of it as a massive invasion of privacy, or consider the cost to the businesses involved.
There's only upsides for the police requesting more, no downsides as they don't bear the cost.
- CTDOCodebases 3y agoAt the moment it's ok. Most are just on record with no one actively watching them. Wait until processors for AI start getting integrated into these cameras.
- snovv_crash 3y agoIt becomes a real issue when the SCORPION STARE firmware gets uploaded onto them.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThis is a reference to the Charles Stross's Laundry Files series. SCORPION STARE is a firmware update to CC cameras that allows any two cameras can look at a target and destroy it. Without too many spoilers, the first time it's used automatically, bad training data causes a lot of civilian casualties.
- 1827163 3y agoThey already are, at least with highway cameras: https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-cameras-highways-stop-trash-thrown-2023-5?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-cameras-highways-stop-tra... " AI cameras are being set up on highways to catch drivers who throw trash out of their car windows " https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/07/artificial-intelligence-cameras-litter-fines-motorways/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/07/artificial-intel...