Oakland Is Building a Big Data Center For Police Surveillance 92
rjmarvin writes "$7 million in federal grant money originally tasked with terrorism prevention is now being used to fund construction of a new data center in Oakland to electronically gather and analyze data around the clock from a variety of sensors and databases, displaying selected info on a bank of giant monitors. The center will mine massive data streams, helping the police department tap into 911 calls, port and traffic cameras, license plate readers, gunshot sensors, social media posts and commuters' electronic toll payments."
Embarassing Point (Score:3, Insightful)
"Tap into 911 calls" I think it'd be a bit embarrassing but someone ought to point out to the Oakland police that calls to 911 are in fact often calls to the police, so the only thing they'd need to tap into them is, well pick up the bloody ringing phone to be honest.
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Re:$7M is a big data center? (Score:5, Insightful)
The only subtle distinction is that the terror that we need to worry about are increasingly of the domestic variety.
the important question is if the increase is the cause of our actions or effect of them.
Re:Get used to it (Score:4, Insightful)
In 1984 the government actually cared about the citizens more than our government does.
Now let that sink in for a minute.