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Your question was: > In what way do cameras make life harder for regular people? I provided an example. Are you only accepting peer-reviewed studies?

jamiequint 7mo ago
Single example is worthless. Is there a pattern of this happening far more often? Overall, do fewer people get incorrectly arrested or detained as a result of this technology, or more.
- turtlesdown11 7mo ago
  so where are your data sources arguing these are helping?
- text0404 7mo ago
  Such great questions. Maybe we should answer them before building a massive, privately-owned, nationwide surveillance apparatus with taxpayer money.
  - sigbottle 7mo ago
    No, we should build the massive, privately-owned, nationwide surveillance apparatus with taxpayer money! It's for science, after all! We have no data on whether or not cameras covering every square inch of space, hooked up to a centralized surveillance database is actually good for society. We need to conduct this methodologically and scientifically. We'll be able to come to an objective conclusion with enough testing!
  - Manuel_D 7mo ago
    https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/03/05/new-analysis-rtcc-triples-the-odds-that-a-victim-receives-justice/ https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/03/05/new-analysis-rtcc-... Seattle apparently tripled likelihood of perpetrators being identified.
    - text0404 7mo ago
      That PR article doesn't answer the questions, and raises more: - Why didn't SPD commission an independent study? - What kinds of crimes were studied? Is this catching jaywalkers or homicides? - Only mentions arrests. What about convictions? How are victims receiving justice? - Where's the data and the reproducible methodology? - How many people were tracked who didn't commit any crime at all? There's so much wrong with that article that it's hard to come to any verifiable conclusions about the efficacy of the program. And again, doesn't answer any of the original questions.

jamiequint 7mo ago

Single example is worthless. Is there a pattern of this happening far more often? Overall, do fewer people get incorrectly arrested or detained as a result of this technology, or more.

turtlesdown11 7mo ago
so where are your data sources arguing these are helping?
text0404 7mo ago
Such great questions. Maybe we should answer them before building a massive, privately-owned, nationwide surveillance apparatus with taxpayer money.
- sigbottle 7mo ago
  No, we should build the massive, privately-owned, nationwide surveillance apparatus with taxpayer money! It's for science, after all! We have no data on whether or not cameras covering every square inch of space, hooked up to a centralized surveillance database is actually good for society. We need to conduct this methodologically and scientifically. We'll be able to come to an objective conclusion with enough testing!
- Manuel_D 7mo ago
  https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/03/05/new-analysis-rtcc-triples-the-odds-that-a-victim-receives-justice/ https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2026/03/05/new-analysis-rtcc-... Seattle apparently tripled likelihood of perpetrators being identified.
  - text0404 7mo ago
    That PR article doesn't answer the questions, and raises more: - Why didn't SPD commission an independent study? - What kinds of crimes were studied? Is this catching jaywalkers or homicides? - Only mentions arrests. What about convictions? How are victims receiving justice? - Where's the data and the reproducible methodology? - How many people were tracked who didn't commit any crime at all? There's so much wrong with that article that it's hard to come to any verifiable conclusions about the efficacy of the program. And again, doesn't answer any of the original questions.