'Who Watches the Watchers--Surveillance Video'
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070205/tc_cmp/197003126 (broken link)
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[i]Who Watches The Watchers In Surveillance Society? By Reuters
InformationWeek
Sun Feb 4, 9:08 PM ET
CHICAGO - In some cities in Europe and the United States, a person can be videotaped by surveillance cameras hundreds of times a day, and it's safe to say that most of the time no one is actually watching.
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~~"In Chicago's darkened, windowless surveillance center, Velasquez looks forward to using new technology, which has had some success elsewhere.
The port of Jacksonville, Florida, has dispensed with human monitoring of cameras altogether by sending alerts and live video to the personal digital assistant of the nearest officer on patrol, according to a spokesman for ObjectView Inc.
Meanwhile, Texas is evaluating a pilot program in which it allowed Internet access to video of unmanned sections of its border with Mexico and urged viewers to send an e-mail if they spotted something.I]
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***Not certain of length of excerpt allowed. Will review forum guidelines soon.
Different amounts are allowed in each forum it seems.
I know there are problems with links --sometimes cannot synthesize FYI from an article well enough to start a discussion...
Interested in technology--very limited knowledge. FWIW.
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