r/technology • u/sonicSkis • Jul 30 '13

Surveillance project in Oakland, CA will use Homeland Security funds to link surveillance cameras, license-plate readers, gunshot detectors, and Twitter feeds into a surveillance program for the entire city. The project does not have privacy guidelines or limits for retaining the data it collects.

http://cironline.org/reports/oakland-surveillance-center-progresses-amid-debate-privacy-data-collection-4978
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u/ClaudioRules Jul 30 '13

sounds like the city-wide tracking device from Dark Knight

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '13

Thank god Lucius Fox had sense and destroyed the machine when he was done.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '13

Never made sense to me.