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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Addendum on the TSA Abuse videos -- blocking the
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Addendum on the TSA Abuse videos -- blocking the cameras and more
http://j.mp/ixdIqr (This message in Google Buzz)
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Additional points related to the TSA Abuse videos
referenced in http://j.mp/kg2GOn .
Regardless of other controversies related to such footage, the
behavior of airport personnel attempting -- as we've seen so many
times before -- to block bystanders from taping the proceedings, and
threatening anyway who refuses to comply, is indisputable.
This is a variation on a theme we've discussed many times before.
Law enforcement and other aspects of government demand the right
to surveil us in all public places. CCTV cameras, squad car
cameras, even helmet cameras are becoming common -- and there are
usually few or no rules about how that footage can be used by
authorities.
But when members of the public wish to video document their encounters
with law enforcement, they are accused of wiretapping and charged with
major felonies -- told that they have violated the "privacy" of the
officers involved.
Government surveillance cameras are ruled to be patriotic, but photos
taken from public streets, such as for Google Street View and other
services that aid the public directly, are irrationally (but very
deliberately) the subject of some governments' condemnation and
"privacy crocodile tears."
These are all examples of how some key privacy issues have become
distorted and skewed, and are now being used in some cases to
undermine fundamental liberties rather than preserve them.
This is a reason why the entire privacy area has become so complex,
and why anyone who claims to have simple "one size fits all" solutions
is either misguided, lying, or a fool.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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