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Yes, it's the same in Denmark. And I unfortunately expect that the law will eventually be relaxed to allow it because it helps law enforcement. We have very lit
by ulrikrasmussen 8mo ago
Yes, it's the same in Denmark. And I unfortunately expect that the law will eventually be relaxed to allow it because it helps law enforcement. We have very little media coverage about the illegality of private people pointing cameras at public spaces, and the most frequent mentions of this is when the police use footage from such cameras to solve a crime. A couple of years ago there was a very high profile kidnapping of a young woman where the footage from a car sentry cam helped the police solve it. They eventually saved the woman and caught the guy who turned out to be a murderer and serial rapist.
Now the cat is out of the bag and it has become an untenable position to be against this type of surveillance. And don't get me wrong, I want rapists and murderers to be caught, but I am at the same time also worried about the effect that this will have down the line, in particular when live AI analysis of footage becomes cheap enough that it gets integrated into these cameras so the cameras can report (what they deem to be) suspicious activity automatically.
- dwedge 8mo agoThat is a really confusing law. how can you share the recording with the police if you're not permitted to store the recording in the first place
- tialaramex 8mo agoOrdinarily the police investigating a major crime don't care whether you broke the law in small ways. "Hmm, should we solve the murder, or, maybe get somebody fined $100 for having an unauthorised video" ?
- dwedge 8mo agoI got hit by an Uber once as a pedestrian, he drove away, I phoned the police and they spent the whole time trying to decide if I can cross the road there or not, decided that it was a legal technicality and let me off with a warning for jaywalking. So in summary: > "Hmm, should we solve the murder, or, maybe get somebody fined $100 for having an unauthorised video" ? Don't be surprised to find out the answer is both.
- tialaramex 8mo agoIt doesn't sound like that was a major crime. I mean, arguably it should be, but given you live somewhere with jaywalking laws I don't sense that.
- dwedge 8mo agoHit and run is generally a serious crime everywhere. In this experience it wasn't treated seriously, which is exactly my point.
- tialaramex 8mo agoMy country defines "serious" as crimes where you'd expect an Adult who was guilty of this crime to get 3+ years detention, hit and run isn't even close unless it's on tape and you forgot to mention that you're a ghost and actually died but were questioned anyway.