Street cameras

Do you support government street security cameras?

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Norsefire

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Pretty straightforward- government security cameras in public areas (not just streets)

I personally don't see anything wrong with it, I mean, it's not like they are in your homes. And in London they've had a positive effect.

I don't really see it as an "intrustion of privacy", because they are in streets and public areas, not on private property.


Do you support this? I'm interested to see what you guys think.
 
Norsefire said:
Pretty straightforward- government security cameras in public areas (not just streets)

I personally don't see anything wrong with it, I mean, it's not like they are in your homes. And in London they've had a positive effect.

I don't really see it as an "intrustion of privacy", because they are in streets and public areas, not on private property.


Do you support this? I'm interested to see what you guys think.
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I think we should have more cameras. Selected families should have them installed all over the house to enable the police to monitor the activity of anyone they suspect.
 
I am all for. Don't expect miracles though - large numbers of them are sans batteries and pre-18th-century in quality.
 
redarmy11 said:
I am all for. Don't expect miracles though - large numbers of them are sans batteries and pre-18th-century in quality.
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We can import them by the million from China. A modest increase in taxation , say 10%. on the lower orders should cover the associated costs.
 
I don't really see it as an "intrustion of privacy", because they are in streets and public areas, not on private property.

Do you support this? I'm interested to see what you guys think.
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As long as it doesn't interfere with daily activities then I see nothing wrong with it. What is disturbing is that cameras are being used to catch traffic violators and fine them for certain offenses. I think that should be left up to an actual police officer for the most part. Who is watching all of those cameras by the way?
 
In some public places, going there for some people can even allow (in extreme cases) them to be targeted and blamed for some crimes.
So, Only in major crime areas, where the people who go there are aware.
 
Everywhere. In every home, bathroom, workplace and car. Hell, even put them on cats and dogs. They should be attached to the heads of people as well.

~String
 
I would be a bit freaked out by being watched on camera everywhere I went.

On the other hand, better freaked out by the cameras, than robbed or beaten up.
 
visceral_instinct said:
I would be a bit freaked out by being watched on camera everywhere I went.

On the other hand, better freaked out by the cameras, than robbed or beaten up.
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Oh no you misunderstand.
You STILL get robbed and beaten up, but the cameras let them get identified and caught sometime much later...
 
There's a difference between a recording camera whose record can be examined later in case of crime, and a live monitored camera network that can be used to follow designated people around and watch over their shoulder all the time.

Hiring neighborhood spies was always a mark of a totalitarian state. Automating the neighborhood spying doesn't change the implications much.
 
would you not feel safer if someone was watching all the time?
In my mind if you are doing something wrong then the idea of being watched would worry you!
safer for the female of the species too with the dodgy cab drivers and dark areas of the town centre.
the qeustions that come to mind so far are would this have a positive or nagative cascade on society?
what of the poor schizophrenics ? would this make them more paranoid about being watched by a definate comfirmation? would these people then become intensly more paranoid or calmer because of the lesser fear of attack?
and would binge drinking get worse as people think there is a helping hand at all times with them?
and those that wear the veil, there was an instance of a male bomber in london wearing the full female regaila to try and avoid being named and seen, if i remember correctly he boarded flights like this too, so what to do with those hiding via hoodies and the burker?
the questions are endless
regardless i think the more cameras the better if they were cheap enough we could all cctv up our houses, bring on big brother!

cosmictraveler said:
Who is watching all of those cameras by the way?
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interesting thought cosmic, food for thought there
 
I am of two minds. I agree that public streets are public and so there's no real right to privacy. That said there are definite shades of 1984 in any government that has the ability to tack the movements of any citizen throughout the day (even if they claim not to use it).

I mean, suppose your employer made you wear a tracking device the entire time you were on the job. I don't think there's anything at all illegal about that either, and it's his property to monitor and he is paying you for your time, so have some right to see how you are spending it. Still, I don't think I'd want to work there.
 
iceaura said:
There's a difference between a recording camera whose record can be examined later in case of crime, and a live monitored camera network that can be used to follow designated people around and watch over their shoulder all the time.

Hiring neighborhood spies was always a mark of a totalitarian state. Automating the neighborhood spying doesn't change the implications much.
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Good Point!

~String
 
vi:
Ah, well. Marginally better than being robbed and beaten up, and having them free to do the same to others.
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If the government were sincere about the safety of its citizens, it would allow them to walk around armed.
 
Oli said:
Oh no you misunderstand.
You STILL get robbed and beaten up, but the cameras let them get identified and caught sometime much later...
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i have to agree with oil VI. i was watching one of those crime shows and they saw a man following a young girl so the camera's focused on her and they dispatched the police. However by the time the cops arived all they could do was watch her draged off and raped. Not a huge level of safty there.

I would rather they put the money into more police and police stations than into cameras
 
Asguard:
I would rather they put the money into more police and police stations than into cameras
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Yet it's more like: More police operating speed traps, fewer police walking the beat.

A stronger police presence on the streets would be of more benefit than harassment on the roads. But then, how would the government raise revenue?
 
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