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I documented every surveillance camera on my way to work in New York City

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Re: I documented every surveillance camera on my way to work in New York City

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Post by rkagerer »

Out_of_Characte wrote: post #17
superqwert wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Government? Most of these camera owners weren't government.

Maybe I should have clarified because it seems obvious. In my country you can't point a camera at anything that isn't your property. Which means you can't point it in a way that you can see your neighbours, or on a public street. You're not being filmed or recorded at all times and if you are, you know exactly who is doing it. This is properly enforced in almost all cases exept highways, some public libraries and ent…

What country is that?

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Post by polymatter »

arethuza wrote: post #6
vermarish wrote: post #4

Content aside, this article is really well formatted. Going photo by photo, camera by camera puts me in the shoes of the author, and frankly gives me the same feeling I had when I first read 1984 (especially when he mentioned the sky was fittingly grey).

I'm pretty sure that in 1984 only a relatively small part of the population, the Inner Party, were constantly monitored.

Its more than a decade since I last read it, but I am fairly sure the point was everyone was monitored. There was no escape.

Re: I documented every surveillance camera on my way to work in New York City

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Post by Out_of_Characte »

rkagerer wrote: post #21
Out_of_Characte wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe I should have clarified because it seems obvious. In my country you can't point a camera at anything that isn't your property. Which means you can't point it in a way that you can see your neighbours, or on a public street. You're not being filmed or recorded at all times and if you are, you know exactly who is doing it. This is properly enforced in almost all cases exept highways, some public libraries and ent…

What country is that?

Netherlands

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Post by rapnie »

StreetComplete - OpenStreetMap editor for Android - has an open quest issue for collecting surveillance camera properties.

https://github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete/issues/87

edit: the issue also contains a link to Where Are The Eyes, another camera registration app: https://eyes.daylightingsociety.org/

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Post by deogeo »

esotericn wrote: post #10
licebmi__at__ wrote: post #8

One thing that I always wondered is if people just ignore the cameras. Once I got called for questioning on a local retail store, since I was with enough free time and a good mood, so I just went with it. So the reason I was called was that the security guard noticed that I was looking at all security cameras which made me seem suspicious, my only answer was "well they're distracting". Anyway there was no other irreg…

In the UK there are advertisements on the public transport network that recommend reporting suspicious activity. One of them has a 'plotline' of someone who's taking a photo of a camera. "Are they checking out security" or something like that. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKU8EK5W0AA4dwH.jpg

Surveillance for me, not for thee...

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Post by sorted12345 »

paganel wrote: post #15
rbinv wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly can't tell if this is real or not. If it is: what the fuck.

Looks too dystopian to not be true in this day and age. I'm not a native English speaker though and I'm left wondering what that "Sorted" statement at the end of it all really means. "Sort" what out? Why would you need to "sort" a person who's taking photos of video-surveillance cameras? In what way are they going to "sort" those persons out?

'sorted' doesn't usually imply anything bad. It's rather like '[we've] got this covered'.

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Post by mellosouls »

paganel wrote: post #15
rbinv wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly can't tell if this is real or not. If it is: what the fuck.

Looks too dystopian to not be true in this day and age. I'm not a native English speaker though and I'm left wondering what that "Sorted" statement at the end of it all really means. "Sort" what out? Why would you need to "sort" a person who's taking photos of video-surveillance cameras? In what way are they going to "sort" those persons out?

In this context, it means "satisfactorily dealt with" and is a common (UK at least) English saying.

Here it is obviously used to fit into the rhythmic context to make the instructions easier to remember.

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Post by gadders »

esotericn wrote: post #10
licebmi__at__ wrote: post #8

One thing that I always wondered is if people just ignore the cameras. Once I got called for questioning on a local retail store, since I was with enough free time and a good mood, so I just went with it. So the reason I was called was that the security guard noticed that I was looking at all security cameras which made me seem suspicious, my only answer was "well they're distracting". Anyway there was no other irreg…

In the UK there are advertisements on the public transport network that recommend reporting suspicious activity. One of them has a 'plotline' of someone who's taking a photo of a camera. "Are they checking out security" or something like that. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKU8EK5W0AA4dwH.jpg

Tangentially related, but the other day I was at Southwark tube when I slipped and fell over in some fluid that was one the floor. I wasn't harmed, and for a laugh I requested my video footage via GDPR so I could see myself go down like a sack of spuds.

It was quite a simple process - you fill in a form, and send it along with a full length photo of yourself and a rough time, and in a few weeks they send you a passworded DVD.

They also emailed me and told me that:

"In the letter I have confirmed that the cause of the spillage was as a result of a female who had exited a train prior to yours, becoming ill and vomiting on the floor, where you fell.

This was reported via a Passenger Help Point. In fact the customer and her male colleague remained in position directing people away from the vomit initially. They left the area shortly before the arrival of your train. "

:-(

Re: I documented every surveillance camera on my way to work in New York City

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Post by jamespetercook »

paganel wrote: post #15
rbinv wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly can't tell if this is real or not. If it is: what the fuck.

Looks too dystopian to not be true in this day and age. I'm not a native English speaker though and I'm left wondering what that "Sorted" statement at the end of it all really means. "Sort" what out? Why would you need to "sort" a person who's taking photos of video-surveillance cameras? In what way are they going to "sort" those persons out?

It means "Your task is now complete, docile citizen. You may continue with your day."
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