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American urban environments really need more cameras to reduce crime. If we want to have walkable cities we need to solve urban crime issue. Many here on hacker
by loandbehold 2y ago
American urban environments really need more cameras to reduce crime. If we want to have walkable cities we need to solve urban crime issue. Many here on hacker news are against pervasive video recording due to privacy concerns but I think with right data access and data retention policies privacy issue can be mitigated. It's a balancing act. Video recording along with stronger enforcement would go a long way making American urban environments more desirable places to live and hang out vs suburbs.
- mingus88 2y agoWe are already recorded pretty much everywhere you go and there is no expectation of privacy in a public place. In fact, I can’t think of a single place in any major city where I would be able to escape surveillance. Even parks these days have cameras on light posts. Even when I walk my dog in the suburbs, I am passing doorbell cameras on nearly every home, and I have no right to that footage and cannot compel the homeowner to delete it. And to your point about crime, violent crime has been trending down since the 90s. I don’t actually think surveillance helps reduce crime, as is evident in the rise of shoplifting in retail lately.