Thread: Mass video surveillance to change Australia

Personally I think this is a Good thing

Originally Posted by bob10

It had to come.

Mass video surveillance about to change Australia forever

Wonder what Mox will think!

Everyones free to have an opinion. But it could be interesting, yes.

A judge in one of the USA southern states was well known for refusing to convict anyone brought before his court on charges of having and using a police radar detector or jammer. His rationale was this " If a government in a democracy chooses to indulge in covert surveillance of the citizens then it should not be surprised when the citizens take steps to be aware of such surveillance and to confuse or confound such surveillance."

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

A judge in one of the USA southern states was well known for refusing to convict anyone brought before his court on charges of having and using a police radar detector or jammer. His rationale was this " If a government in a democracy chooses to indulge in covert surveillance of the citizens then it should not be surprised when the citizens take steps to be aware of such surveillance and to confuse or confound such surveillance."

Hyperface and CV Dazzle may well be the facial recognition equivalent to radar scanners/jammers. I suppose lower tech equivalents like simply wearing a mask, or wearing something similar to face/head coverings worn by some religious devotees, in public would work as well. Maybe even the good old fashioned wide brimmed bushies' hat with dangling corks would also work...

Will we someday see the wearing of bushies' corked hats, burkas, kiddy face painting, or fun masks in public illegal? "Confounding facial recognition systems"

This was quoted by someone in another thread but it seems appropriate here: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin.

Originally Posted by Classic88

This was quoted by someone in another thread but it seems appropriate here: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin.

Until one of your family is attacked or worse, and they can’t locate the culprit.

Then views Shift

Originally Posted by Classic88

This was quoted by someone in another thread but it seems appropriate here: “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin.

So in your view it is a loss of liberty allowing people to take images and vid's on their phones in a public place.
As the crims and the lunatic fringe is getting smarter and tech savvy there is nothing wrong with the coppers getting smarter and also using a bit of tech to combat this.
Many airports, homes and businesses have had cctv for years now so there is Nothing new about this.