Politech archive on surveillance cameras: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=cameras Politech archive on Tampa's cameras: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=ybor --- From: "crdrapes" <crdrapesat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: RE: Florida cameras: baynews9.com article Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 17:19:00 -0600 Message-ID: <NEBBIPJCALNIBGBCAJBEIENPCKAA.crdrapesat_private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal http://baynews9.com/newsstory.asp?storyname=2001/July/19/ybor CITY COUNCIL SPLITS ON YBOR CAMERAS, GRECO TO HAVE LAST WORD. The Tampa City Council took a fully-informed look at Ybor City's controversial high-tech face-scanning software this afternoon. The council held a public hearing on the matter and there was emotional debate on both sides of the issue. When the dust settled, the council split down the middle with a 3-3 vote on whether or not to do away with the face-scanning software. The deciding vote will be cast by Tampa Mayor, Dick Greco, who has said he favors the controversial surveillance system. Greco is on vacation and wasn't immediately available for comment on today's vote. Late last week, several members of the council expressed alarm at the presence of the system after noting they "had no idea" they had voted for it. The outcry prompted today's hearing and subsequent vote. [...] ********* http://www.sptimes.com/News/072001/Columns/Arguments__pro_and_co.shtml Arguments, pro and con, on Ybor City spy in the sky 2001-07-20 05:42:24 By HOWARD TROXLER St. Petersburg Times, published July 20, 2001 By my count, 19 citizens addressed the Tampa City Council on Thursday on the topic of using face-recognition software to scan the public streets of Ybor City. Of these, 15 spoke against the system, and four spoke in favor. By my count, 19 citizens addressed the Tampa City Council on Thursday on the topic of using face-recognition software to scan the public streets of Ybor City. Of these, 15 spoke against the system, and four spoke in favor. Of the four in favor, one was from the New Jersey company that is trying to sell the system. One was from another security company in Pinellas County. One was a self-described housewife who said people who lead "immoral lives" shouldn't be on the street anyway. The fourth was an energetic gentleman who alleged that some of the anti-camera speakers were "on dope." In the end, the City Council split 3-3 on whether to ask Mayor Dick Greco to kill the experiment. The council will vote again in two weeks when the seventh member, Charlie Miranda, will cast the potentially deciding vote. [...] ********* http://www.montrealgazette.com/editorial/pages/010719/5021112.html Privacy law will not protect petty criminals 2001-07-20 05:22:20 A July 17 report in The Gazette suggested that the new federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act could permit a robber to walk into a bank or convenience store and demand that the surveillance camera be turned off prior to committing his crime. The new federal private-sector privacy law does no such thing. On the contrary, it draws a careful balance between personal privacy rights and the legitimate information needs of a modern society. [...] ********* http://www.sptimes.com/News/071901/Floridian/Click_BEEP_Face_captu.shtml Click. BEEP! Face captured 2001-07-19 05:42:33 By LANE DeGREGORY St. Petersburg Times, published July 19, 2001 Out for a night of fun in Ybor City? You're being watched by 36 unblinking eyes. And one might take a picture of your face to see if you look like a criminal. [...] ********* http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20010717-9999_1n17cameras.html Smart cameras at casinos spark a debate on privacy 2001-07-18 05:50:25 By Chet Barfield UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER July 17, 2001 Most casino gamblers realize they are being watched by hidden cameras. But many may not know about technology that analyzes facial features as distinctly as a fingerprint. California casinos are increasingly using surveillance cameras enhanced with facial-recognition technology called biometrics. [...] Most of Biometrica's 120 client casinos get a computerized list of "unwanteds" that Nevada casinos have passed around in hard-copy form for decades. The database, updated monthly, has up to 1,500 photo profiles, including names, methods and accomplices. The casinos also get software to create their own in-house lists. [...] ********* http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/opinion/31646_videoed.shtml Cameras may help identify profiling cases 2001-07-18 05:37:53 Cameras may help identify profiling cases Wednesday, July 18, 2001 SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD Considering the seeming or real proliferation of citizen complaints about racial profiling, the Seattle City Council's unanimous decision to experiment with video cameras in police cars comes none too soon. The third and most credible set of eyes -- to be provided via non-stop electronic surveillance -- promises to discount or prove allegations from minority communities that police are stopping people of color solely because they are not white. [...] ********** http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,167846,00.html Tampa Gets Ready For Its Closeup 2001-07-17 05:07:03 Monday, Jul. 16, 2001 Tampa Gets Ready For Its Closeup Thanks to the city's latest crime prevention program, Tampa residents and visitors are captured on film -- not by friends or loved ones, but by automated cameras [...] ********** ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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