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It's not unusual for local libraries in Denmark to be accessible to outside office hours using a library card. Usually, not at night -- but why close a local l
by jopsen 3y ago
It's not unusual for local libraries in Denmark to be accessible to outside office hours using a library card.
Usually, not at night -- but why close a local library in the evening.
Just require library cards and add video surveillance.
(you milage may vary)
- mixmastamyk 3y agoJust what we need, another place with video surveillance to make it even more normalized. Orwell missed only by about thirty years.
- ansc 3y agoDaring today, aren't we?
- Rebelgecko 3y agoGeorge Orwell never had to see a homeless person throw a tantrum because the library computers' nanny-ware starting blocking the proxy he used to visit Pornhub.
- jampekka 3y agoOrwell probably would have preferred an economic system where you don't have homeless persons to spy on. He actually fought in a civil war to promote such a system. But he wouldn't be surprised at all that homeless persons would be used as a pretext for spying.
- Grustaf 3y agoVideo cameras in unmanned libraries definitely don't exist in order to spy on people. I can assure you that whatever its other faults, the municipality of Copenhagen is not interested in spying on readers.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoNot falling for that again.
- inglor_cz 3y agoEveryone has their sensibilities. Of all the surveillance methods, this one is nowhere near as intrusive as some others. The recordings will likely be overwritten/erased within weeks, if not sooner. Few operators of such cameras store the resulting video for extended periods of time. On the other hand, Google probably knows your crush from 2005 and your diagnosis from 2009. This long term surveillance is what really messes with me.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoWas true in the past, but out of date today. Cloud connected cameras are the new hotness. Including facial recognition, etc. Hopefully EU has bans against such things, but even that may not be enough.
- Moldoteck 3y agoImo it could work like 24/7 gyms: classic operation during normal hours, video&card access for any other time. May as well add some extrafee for access during night
- albert180 3y agoLibrary's are a public service not a business
- Moldoteck 3y agoYes, you provide that service as b4 during normal hours and charge a small fee during unusual hours to create a minimal barrier when there's no supervisor, aka charge a fee to provide the 'extra' public service)
- albert180 3y agoWhy should you do that? I guess people who have only time at late hours are not the most fortunate in life (e.g. Single Mom's who have to work full time and care for their kid). If they want to educate themselves during late hours I'm completely fine if that costs a little bit more taxes to get them education