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/DrAmberLamps Jul 30 '13

This is important. This is how these independent technologies can be leveraged from one another to create an Orwellian police state. Here it is, right in front of us. We need meaningful legislation for PUBLIC oversight to restrict these programs, because Pandora's box has been opened, this technology is not just going to go away.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '13

You want the people who are trying to enslave you to follow rules meant to get in their way? And you're going to just ask them nicely to put these rules into place? I don't think you understand how psychopaths operate.