"if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"]]]]

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: RE: [IP] "if you are not doing anything wrong, why should you
worry about it?"]]]
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:15:37 -0800
From: Grawrock, David <david.grawrock () intel com>
To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com

What really interests me in all of these surveillance systems is what
they do and what people promise.

We are promised more "security", when what we get is forensic evidence
to help solve a crime. It does nothing, or rather little, to prevent the
crime. It only helps with putting the finger on who did it. If the
potential criminal believes that this is a deterrent to their activity,
then the surveillance system adds security.

We all know where the traffic cameras are; do we drive differently at
that spot? If so then the camera does the job, but if it really were a
deterrent then wouldn't the camera become obsolete at that intersection
as everyone learns to obey the laws? It seems to keep on working, and
generating revenue (or at least paying for itself) for some time.

Consider the Huston case, the cameras are not going to stop people, it
is going to make the job of the police officers who are left easier.
There is also the argument that if you get the bad guy off the street he
will not commit another crime, but that requires the court system to
work correctly and that debate is for another day.

David Grawrock

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