Comments on: Boss Recorded Running Stop Sign: The Perils of Public Surveillance

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By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:23:25 +0000

I am ok with this if I am made aware that the area is being monitored and if as much work is being done to to speed traffic flow and cut delays as on monoriting. If you have advancements on both fronts then the insentivies to drive by the law would be doubley impacted. So that not only would I be persuaded not to speed because I am being monitored but also because I am going 100 MPH legally and doing it in a vehichle that is tough to wreck.

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:23:00 +0000

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:43:14 +0000

I was going to mention that the data wasn’t hidden – I see I have been beaten to it though
I think youtube allows you to insert still images into the video. If you do so at the start and end of the video, you will make it harder for someone to read this stuff.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:43:00 +0000

By: David Mays

David Mays — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:36:35 +0000

Yes, this is lame. I got caught by a red light camera too. What outraged me most was the camera began filming before I entered the intersection, but of course the camera could just as easily be turned on all the time. I tried to argue the evidence as inadmissible based on a presumption of guilt (see Minority Report). As a society do we really want automated surveillance enforcing rules of behavior? Isn’t it the intent of laws to protect HUMANS, not a surveillance system, from an abridgment of their personal safety and property?

Also, I have to disagree with the assumption that privacy is something that will eventually be extinct, one could make the same argument for private property following the logic of the arguments.

By: David Mays

David Mays — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:36:00 +0000

Also, I have to disagree with the assumption that privacy is something that will eventually be extinct, one could make the same argument for private property following the logic of the arguments.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:48:15 +0000

It’s not even really blocked, it’s just an annotation overlaying it. You can turn it off right in the options.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:48:00 +0000

It’s not even really blocked, it’s just an annotation overlaying it. You can turn it off right in the options.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:05:00 +0000

Wow, Robert Grant, quadruple post?

It is scary how pervasive surveillance technology is becoming. What is scarier is how it is being abused, such as in the video above. I can’t see a reason why a stop sign is necessary there; a yield sign or a usually-green light should do fine.

Ubiquitous surveillance is one reason why I would never live in the U.K, although this is slowly spreading to the rest of the world…