> by using investigators’ descriptions of a central piece of evidence — video footage captured by a security camera.
Whenever I read about these incidents, with only one camera angle, I almost want to buy a camera and point it outwards from my apartment just in case I catch something like this happening in my city.
>in the video, you can see a person standing beside what looks like a small cabin. And there’s a little metal tower with sort of cross sections, almost like a ladder, with a light on top. It looks like a security light illuminating the area. And there’s very distinctive rows of buildings that are all identical in the distance.
Sounds like an average security camera setup to me. Was probably recording 24/7 with rotating files.
surely in this case the very fact that it looks like a security camera feed is why? wouldn't most security cameras do that right? :) its an interesting thought, that the only place most people see stuff like that is recordings of incidents
> but look around next time you go out there are cameras _everywhere_
> You may not think those cameras matter, but let's be honest, many people have access to the data feed through those cameras. From the near-minimum-wage "security" guard (or loss prevention) employee to the corporate security teams storing the backed up footage.
yeah, this is a thought that has crossed my mind a lot the last couple years, and i find it really unnerving. i now consciously try to keep my typing out of the sight line of cameras, though i don't always remember to do that, and i'm sure there are tons of cameras i don't notice.
The article actually mentions that the video surveillance center monitoring these cameras will, itself, be under video surveillance. Though it doesn't say from where, or by whom.
>If they're focused on and used for recording an individual granted asylum...
Was that the purpose? Were there no security cameras before? If this was a new installation, was he aware of it? Did the placement of the new cameras take privacy into consideration (e.g. avoiding sleeping quarters, toilets, etc.)?
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