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by bko 23 days ago
> as evidenced by the thousands of posts that state such reservations.

Posts on forums are not real life. Look at revealed preferences. Many people have cameras on their property. People prefer to live in neighborhoods with well funded police with tech resources.

Again, it's entirely reasonable to collect license plates and use it to apprehend criminals. Crime is a thing, almost everyone is affected by it at some point in their lives. I don't need a proof or study, it's common sense. You know it's true but you're just pretending you don't understand.

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> Look at revealed preferences. Many people have cameras on their property

Go ask them if they realize their videos are being stored on a company's server somewhere and those companies employees can watch their camera feeds whenever they want

Most people have no clue, they think the camera handles all of it

> Go ask them if they realize their videos are being stored on a company's server somewhere and those companies employees can watch their camera feeds whenever they want

I'm doubtful more than a single-digit percentage of those people would then take down those cameras.

They don't care bro. Same way you likely use Gmail and a million other services that are centralized.

How about we have something good w technology, like using it to catch criminals

You’re braindead, hand waving an argument with common sense isn’t actually interacting with anyone in a meaningful manner, you would be more use saying this to a wall.

The point the original poster is making is that this is a private system which has a high potential for abuse and often is abused, à la the posters “hysterics”, as you driveled, of people taking pictures of children and sharing it amongst themselves. Nitwit