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These are automated _systems_, not individual note books. They don't operate in silos. If no historical data is recorded, I report car stolen, my Car registrat
by 4ndr3vv 12y ago
These are automated _systems_, not individual note books. They don't operate in silos.
If no historical data is recorded, I report car stolen, my Car registration is added to a "Something has actually happened to this car" list. Cameras start actively looking for my car's reg, cameras find my car. Done?
- ctdonath 12y agoNot done. By then good chance the car has been completely dismantled and sold as parts. Criminals adapt.
- 4ndr3vv 12y agoExactly. Criminals know about how to circumvent the law; it serves no purpose mass collecting this data at all if it's pretence is to stop organised crime. In the case of a chop shop the criminals might know they'll be picked up by cameras straight away, so when they steal the car they whack some fake plates on it, and we're back to not knowing anything. What it is good at doing is tracking individuals, without any suspicion attributed to them.
- LLWM 12y agoSurely you can recognize that being able to go back and review records taken before the report happened is more effective. Arguing that another "less effective but possibly still okay" solution only makes sense if you present a reason not to use the more effective solution instead.