Thinking About the SnitchCam

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday October 25, 2004 @07:38AM from the sorta-like-every-issue-of-transmet dept.

Saint Aardvark writes "From Dan's Data comes a fascinating look at the consequences of tiny, wireless video cameras: "Right now, it's hard to prove that (for instance) riot police really beat the crap out of innocent people at a demonstration....Live streaming video from multiple cameras operated by lots of people at the same time, though, will be a different matter. Even without cryptographic jiggery-pokery, it'll be practically impossible to get away with even minor editing-room spin doctoring, if thousands of people around the world have the original footage on their hard drives." "

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Great Example by SirLanse · 2004-10-25 08:20 · Score: 0, Flamebait

At a political convention this summer, a girl in the front row of demonstrators held up her video camera to the cops. She told them that she was a lawyer and would be taping the events. A cop got beaten by the demonstrators right in front of said lawyer. There is a blurry picture of her pointer her camera at the guy kicking the cop. She has not brought that video forward. Shows the moral high ground of the left.