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you are under surveillance.

the past few years we've seen a massive increase in cctv surveillance

they peer from buildings, the tops of atms, etc.

the effectiveness of these devices in reducing crime is dubious at best, and cases of misuse by public and private authorities have raised serious concerns about video monitoring in public space.

these are some people that would not really want to have their picture taken: 

minorities.

one of the big problems with video surveillance is the tendency of police officers and security guards to single out particular people for monitoring. It is hardly surprising that the mentality that produced racial profiling in traffic stops has found similar expression in police officers focusing their cameras on people of color. A study of video surveillance in the UK, the leading user of CCTV surveillance systems, revealed that “black people were between one-and-a-half and two-and-a-half times more likely to be surveilled than one would expect from their presence in the population.” It is worth pointing out that, in this study, 40% of people that the police targeted were picked out “for no obvious reason,” other than their ethnicity or apparent membership in subcultural groups. In other words, they were singled out not for what they were doing, but for the way they looked alone. 

women.

cops are  (mostly) incels makes sense why not.

homeless people.

ive seen more and more cops getting aggressive towards homeless people, even using things like tasers.

activists.

ill just give you a example. in 1997/98 student activists found their meeting areas to have security cameras.

clearly, video surveillance of public space represents an invasion of privacy.


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