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Have an independent non-profit with strong oversight manage the data. Grant access with a warrant. The police should show that a crime has likely been committ
by lokar 3mo ago
Have an independent non-profit with strong oversight manage the data. Grant access with a warrant.
The police should show that a crime has likely been committed, and get access to just the data that probably has evidence.
- tptacek 3mo agoHow do you do a warrant for a device that alerts when a car on a hotlist transits an intersection?
- lokar 3mo agoRecord the plates. Don’t alert, search. And just for a specific crime.
- tptacek 3mo agoThe whole pitch for the cameras is alerting! The point is to interdict the cars right after they pass the camera.
- lokar 3mo agoThat may be what police like, but in my town it’s sold to residents on solving crimes.
- irishcoffee 3mo agoA stolen car is a crime though.
- lokar 3mo agoSure. So file a request with a judge including evidence that the car has been stolen, and a reasonable time window and location.
- krupan 3mo agoYou still have people with very tempting access to a whole lot of data. I don't see how this is different from the current situation other than it's just different (corruptible) people with access.
- lokar 3mo agoI think motivations matter. Putting a for-profit company hired by the police, and the police in charge is just the worst. There are many other contexts where we trust properly supervised people who lack an immediate and obvious incentive to abuse the system. Combined with good overall software design, auditing and transparency almost all of the harms could be mitigated. And the tech does have some pretty major benefits.