>From: "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org>
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.org
>To: "extropians@extropy.org" <extropians@extropy.org>
>Subject: TRANSPARENCY/CULTURE: NYC surveillance catalog
>Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:27:54 -0800
>
>Everyman a King Canute....
>
>MMB
>
>13. NYC Surveillance Cameras
>NYC Surveillance Camera Project [.pdf]
>http://www.mediaeater.com/cameras/
>i-SEE v.911: "Now more than ever" [Flash]
>http://www.appliedautonomy.com/isee/
>
>These two sites focus on the increasing numbers of surveillance cameras
>in
>New York City. The first provides a .pdf-formatted map of the more than
>2,300 camera locations throughout New York as well as text listings
>broken
>down by community. The information was compiled by volunteers from the
>New
>York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU). In addition to information on camera
>locations, in the news section of the site, users will find links to
>related
>Websites, FAQs, and sites related to taxi cameras and traffic cameras.
>The
>second site, from the Institute for Applied Autonomy, contains an
>interactive map of New York with which users can map routes through the
>city. Users click on their starting point and destination, and i-SEE
>will
>generate a route for them with the fewest surveillance cameras. Note
>that we
>had trouble using the map with Netscape on a Mac, but no trouble with
>Internet Explorer. Both of these sites are unabashedly anti-surveillance
>technology and will be appreciated by New Yorkers concerned with civil
>liberties issues. [TK]
>
>
Whattaya think the percentage of the people "concerned with civil
liberties issues" who would be screaming for the videotape from those
surveillance cameras should they be mugged, raped, brutalized, etc.,
anywhere near said surveillance cameras? About 100%, I reckon....
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