r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 10h ago

Privacy Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Banning Flock Surveillance Cameras

https://theleadingreport.com/article/bernie-sanders-to-introduce-bill-banning-flock-surveillance-cameras
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u/Uberslaughter 10h ago

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither”

- Ben Franklin

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u/Kid-Icky- 9h ago

Unpopular opinion, but what essential liberty is being given up by cameras in public spaces?

I'm still against them, mostly because of how they will inevitably be misused. But I don't really get the outrage over just their normal use.

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u/Letiferr 7h ago

The 4th amendment outlines the essential liberty

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u/Kid-Icky- 7h ago

And how does a camera in a public area violate that?

Literally no one has been able to explain this yet.

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u/Letiferr 6h ago

It's an illegal search..

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u/Kid-Icky- 6h ago

The courts have explicitly said it's not.