[owebmaster]

> That's the predominant view on hn.

Only in the doge side of HN

> I'm honestly not sure what the balance is, but there is a point where one bad accident is worth less then many speeding tickets.

No amount of speeding tickets is worth one kid killed by a drunk driver.

[atmavatar]

>> That's the predominant view on hn.

> Only in the doge side of HN

That's hardly true. I'm pretty far from the doge end of the spectrum, but I want as little surveillance as possible (ideally: only via court order).

You need only read about what impact a simple census question about religious affiliation had in the 1930s/40s to realize that information about yourself can very quickly be used for very dark purposes.

We've already seen stories about red states using data from social media and phone apps to target women who may have gotten abortions.

I can think of plenty of not so great ways red light camera data can be (and probably already is being) used for things completely outside the scope of merely automating speeding and red light crossing tickets.

[FridayoLeary]

Did you read the article?

>No amount of speeding tickets is worth one kid killed by a drunk driver.

In an idealised plane of existence i agree with you, but real life is about finding the right balance.