Do you support surveillance cameras in public places?
I think it's horrible!
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Yes, to a point. In high crime areas, places that people frequent, such as banks where people leaving have been robbed, playground areas where small children play, often within sight of Mom or Dad but where a child is at times unobserved by the parent. However, I do see that this could be turned into a big brother that we don't need. If would be advisable to use as few as possible & not just to keep tabs on the general public in their own yards or within the workplace.
Why is it horrible? What do you have to hide? What would happen if you were the victim of a violent crime and those cameras that caught everything on video were used to send the person away for a long time so they couldn't hurt anyone else? Would you think they were so horrible then? You have NO expectation of privacy in public places-too bad for you!
When it's in a store where people are likely to shop-lift
that raises a lot of legal questions but it seems to be working in England, so yes...for crime fighting purposes only, no civil use whatsoever
YES!
Do you know how many murders and other crimes are solved or prevented by public surveillance?
It's not invading your privacy, because it is out in public.
Public, private. Big difference.
IMO, private property owners should be allowed to surveil their own property & its immediate perimeter. The government has a certain interest in surveilling its buildings & their perimeters (safety). However, the number of cams on public streets is getting plain creepy. We are so close to a full surveillance society that I sometimes think I should go live in the woods.
Public is Public the streets are public
I do not believe in Traffic Enforcement by Cameras because the Contractors change the conditions in order to increase enforcement. For example making the yellow cycle shorter so they can catch more people going through reds. They have made the intersection MORE dangerous than it was
As long as it is in public places and not in my house. The UK has what they call the circle of steel and it has worked to help them catch terrorists many times not to mention other criminals.
I'm okay with it as long as they aren't using the footage on "What not to wear" I'd rather have the cameras out in public over some of the stuff the government can do thanks to the terrorists. Using the 'homeland security' excuse they can already find out everything about you, down to what books you check out from the library. So a camera right out in the open, do it up. Just stay out of my addiction to cheesy romance novels and my computer and leave my phone line bug free.
Your significant other *or some crazy stalker* can use the GPS on your cellphone/car to find out where you go, so... I'm not really worried about offical channels using technology, I'm worried about the creepy guy down at the coffee shop who says he can get a satelite image of my house off google... Creeeeepy. Maybe I'll get lucky and the cameras will be rolling when he snaps and tries to stuff someone in the trunk of his car.
Probably a good idea to always conduct your life like it's being filmed. In addition to the surveillance cameras everyone has a camera phone today.
Yep. My full support.
I have no problems with it.
I live in the Tampa area and although Tampa doesn't like people know about the crime problems in their night life area (Ybor City) They have placed a face-recognition system on public streets and have caught a number of wanted people as a result.
If you're talking about in New york, I don't even think it's worth it. They're only putting them in a (relatively) small area, and it's gonna cost millions of dollars. Paris has them all over the place, and it helps a lot.
I don't know how you can be so worried about your privacy when you're walking down a public street in Manhattan anyway.
I think storeowners and whatnot have the right to survey their property. And with all the crimes it's helped to solve, I strongly support it. And besides, it's not really violating your privacy if you're in a public area.
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http://abcnews.go.com/us/story?id=342237...
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Yes, to a point. In high crime areas, places that people frequent, such as banks where people leaving have been robbed, playground areas where small children play, often within sight of Mom or Dad but where a child is at times unobserved by the parent. However, I do see that this could be turned into a big brother that we don't need. If would be advisable to use as few as possible & not just to keep tabs on the general public in their own yards or within the workplace.
Why is it horrible? What do you have to hide? What would happen if you were the victim of a violent crime and those cameras that caught everything on video were used to send the person away for a long time so they couldn't hurt anyone else? Would you think they were so horrible then? You have NO expectation of privacy in public places-too bad for you!
When it's in a store where people are likely to shop-lift
that raises a lot of legal questions but it seems to be working in England, so yes...for crime fighting purposes only, no civil use whatsoever
YES!
Do you know how many murders and other crimes are solved or prevented by public surveillance?
It's not invading your privacy, because it is out in public.
Public, private. Big difference.
IMO, private property owners should be allowed to surveil their own property & its immediate perimeter. The government has a certain interest in surveilling its buildings & their perimeters (safety). However, the number of cams on public streets is getting plain creepy. We are so close to a full surveillance society that I sometimes think I should go live in the woods.
Public is Public the streets are public
I do not believe in Traffic Enforcement by Cameras because the Contractors change the conditions in order to increase enforcement. For example making the yellow cycle shorter so they can catch more people going through reds. They have made the intersection MORE dangerous than it was
As long as it is in public places and not in my house. The UK has what they call the circle of steel and it has worked to help them catch terrorists many times not to mention other criminals.
I'm okay with it as long as they aren't using the footage on "What not to wear" I'd rather have the cameras out in public over some of the stuff the government can do thanks to the terrorists. Using the 'homeland security' excuse they can already find out everything about you, down to what books you check out from the library. So a camera right out in the open, do it up. Just stay out of my addiction to cheesy romance novels and my computer and leave my phone line bug free.
Your significant other *or some crazy stalker* can use the GPS on your cellphone/car to find out where you go, so... I'm not really worried about offical channels using technology, I'm worried about the creepy guy down at the coffee shop who says he can get a satelite image of my house off google... Creeeeepy. Maybe I'll get lucky and the cameras will be rolling when he snaps and tries to stuff someone in the trunk of his car.
Probably a good idea to always conduct your life like it's being filmed. In addition to the surveillance cameras everyone has a camera phone today.
Yep. My full support.
I have no problems with it.
I live in the Tampa area and although Tampa doesn't like people know about the crime problems in their night life area (Ybor City) They have placed a face-recognition system on public streets and have caught a number of wanted people as a result.
If you're talking about in New york, I don't even think it's worth it. They're only putting them in a (relatively) small area, and it's gonna cost millions of dollars. Paris has them all over the place, and it helps a lot.
I don't know how you can be so worried about your privacy when you're walking down a public street in Manhattan anyway.
I think storeowners and whatnot have the right to survey their property. And with all the crimes it's helped to solve, I strongly support it. And besides, it's not really violating your privacy if you're in a public area.
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