Some photos from April: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/surveillance-camera-players-apr03.html Earlier Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02775.html --- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 11:26:42 -0400 Subject: Guided tours of the surveillance apparatus of NYC From: David Akin <davidat_private> To: <declanat_private> Hi Declan -- The following was in my paper's travel section today. Might not be news to you or the Politech folks but it was [bizarre] news to me! David Akin CTV News The Globe and Mail Office: 416.313.2503 Mobile: 416.528.3819 ----- Full contact details at: http://www.davidakin.com Somebody's watching you in NYC In the wake of 9/11, tourists visiting the Big Apple are coming under increased scrutiny by well-hidden security cameras, which are exposed in a new city tour By BARBARA ARIA Saturday, June 21, 2003 - Page T4 NEW YORK -- Bill Brown heaves his shoulders into a shrug, lifts his palms upward and, tilting his gaze to a well-disguised overhead security camera, echoes Robert De Niro in the movie Taxi Driver : "You lookin' at me?" That, says Brown, is how New Yorkers would respond to the camera -- and thousands more like it on city streets -- if they knew the devices were watching them. Since November 2000, Brown -- who is a freelance legal proofreader and an occasional speaker on privacy issues -- has spent his Sundays drawing attention to the proliferation and dangers of public surveillance by leading free Surveillance Camera Walking Tours of eight city neighbourhoods . . . [Full story at: http://tinyurl.com/ewip ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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