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There are a few other situations in which the privacy of citizens is at risk with this tech. As the article notes: Privacy advocates worry that video of police

There are a few other situations in which the privacy of citizens is at risk with this tech. As the article notes: Privacy advocates worry that video of police officers searching a suspect’s home could end up on the evening news. But I agree with the ACLU, as quoted later in the article, that: “[The cameras] do raise privacy concerns, but ones that can be addressed by strong privacy policies.” I nevertheless agree that on-duty police officers should have no expectation of privacy except in cases of undercover work. And frankly, with the multitude of undercover operations that border on entrapment, maybe those operations need to be documented better as well.

raldi 13y ago
The solution there is to take all the DRM technology that has been used to block fair use, and repurpose it to enforce citizen privacy: Block the ability of ordinary officers to pull video data off the cameras. They can only transfer it to the police video-backup server, which will only allow it to be watched on special viewing stations. Give the police chief a key that lets the video out, when necessary.
- HPLovecraft 13y ago
  this is poetically brilliant!
- shabble 13y ago
  The Crest advocate, Selena Parmenter, is in her early thirties if appearances can be trusted, and she acts bored. She has said little to Mary as they wait for the deputy district director of Seattle Oversight, the honorable Clarens Lodge, to take his seat and listen to their appeals. Oversight was created in the teens. The first states to use the procedure were California and Washington. With so much information on citizens recorded daily by vid, home monitors, fibe and satlink uploads, and neighborhood surveillance systems, a separate branch of the judiciary was established to hear appeals from those seeking to use that information for legal purposes. Early abuses--and the far worse systematic abuse under the Raphkind presidency--has made the system painfully complex for all concerned. Each avenue of information has been wrapped in labyrinthine rules of legal engagement; and an appeal for release of data can be made only once a year for any given case. -- Slant, Greg Bear

raldi 13y ago

The solution there is to take all the DRM technology that has been used to block fair use, and repurpose it to enforce citizen privacy: Block the ability of ordinary officers to pull video data off the cameras. They can only transfer it to the police video-backup server, which will only allow it to be watched on special viewing stations. Give the police chief a key that lets the video out, when necessary.

HPLovecraft 13y ago
this is poetically brilliant!
shabble 13y ago
The Crest advocate, Selena Parmenter, is in her early thirties if appearances can be trusted, and she acts bored. She has said little to Mary as they wait for the deputy district director of Seattle Oversight, the honorable Clarens Lodge, to take his seat and listen to their appeals. Oversight was created in the teens. The first states to use the procedure were California and Washington. With so much information on citizens recorded daily by vid, home monitors, fibe and satlink uploads, and neighborhood surveillance systems, a separate branch of the judiciary was established to hear appeals from those seeking to use that information for legal purposes. Early abuses--and the far worse systematic abuse under the Raphkind presidency--has made the system painfully complex for all concerned. Each avenue of information has been wrapped in labyrinthine rules of legal engagement; and an appeal for release of data can be made only once a year for any given case. -- Slant, Greg Bear