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ratelimitstevetoday at 4:05 PM1 replyview on HN

aren't these the same people telling us that AI-powered cameras on every street corner will make everything better for everyone? What do they have to fear from people seeing what they do? Why do the police fight so hard to ensure everyone else is constantly being observed but also to ensure that they are never being observed? Ostensibly, police act in our name and to our benefit. Why are we kept in the dark as to what they do?


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SoftTalkertoday at 4:13 PM

This isn't about cameras in public. It's clearly established that people can record/photograph the police in public as long as they aren't interfering with them.

This is about cameras in secure facilites, such as in a prison or jail. Those spaces should be subject to some form of public inspection but there's probably a good argument to not allow random cameras in.

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