I don’t want to sound like a “aluminum foil hat” guy but I’m concerned about CCTV cameras (private and public) around our towns.

All of these cameras do not send the stream to private servers (as the closed circuit would imply) but it’s sent to the manufacturers’ servers, usually in countries unfriendly to privacy regulations, let alone to human rights. I don’t think I’m in immediate danger, but I personally think they likely flow into some AI models and into some government-controlled hands in order to do whatever they want with it.

Another risk is the fact they’re very insecure.

I don’t know how to battle this. I try not to look directly into a camera when I see one, but that’s it. I wish more people would be aware of such risks.

  • BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I’m not worried about CCTV footage in the US, at least as far as government surveillance is concerned. The main reason is the difficulty in wiretapping, compared to the payoff. For the government to get access to CCTV cameras owned by private citizens, they’d have to backdoor every single manufacturer, then figure out how to stream footage without being detected. This is definitely possible, but it’s considerably more difficult than wiretapping phone conversations. I’m sure the NSA/CIA/etc has done this before on a targeted basis, but doing it in general is very risky and a ton of work(if they want to keep it a secret), and what do they get in return? The NSA has a lot of resources, but it’s still limited.