alt Hacker NewsTaxis, busses, and trains are all private spaces with cameras in them.
Public infrastructure has been run by private companies for a long time.
Taxis, busses, and trains are all private spaces with cameras in them.
Public infrastructure has been run by private companies for a long time.
Yes. And the use of cameras has traditionally been: if something happens, there is a record that can be consulted.
That has changed. Networked cameras and AI means that cameras can be constantly monitored: license plates logged and mapped in realtime, faces scanned and profiled, symbols and objects detected.
I have no problem with calling the cops on someone with a gun. But that same kind of tech can (and has already been) seamlessly be turned on protestors, journalists, political opponents, union organizers, and ex girlfriends.