Baltimore cops: We flew high-res camera planes to film your every move Police in Baltimore, US, have admitted hiring a third party to fly over the city, constantly recording events with high-resolution cameras. The admission comes after a Businessweek feature on the company, Persistent Surveillance Systems (PSS), led to a condemnation of the practice by the ACLU's privacy expert and media …
On the one hand this can be scrolled through to find the criminals.
On the other hand the exact same technology can be used to scroll through every single case of police interaction with civilians where there are accusations of malfeasance.
Whats the bet that this footage mysteriously goes missing?
"That's not the only unusual detail: the cost of the program – described as "Google Earth with Tivo" – was covered by a Texas billionaire, something that critics say was a useful way for the police to avoid having to ask permission to carry out the surveillance"
Um that's not true if you are acting on the behave or and gent of the police you need permission.
IE the local plod thinks that some is using FEDex to ship drugs and asked fedex to open up said package they would need a warrant. If fedex did it on it's own then that would be legal. If this was not true the police could ask people to break into some house to look for evidence.
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