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Sousveillance in Seattle - Watching the Watchers

Posted by timothy on from the steve-mann-my-hero dept.

Eh-Wire writes "At the recent ACM Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy, Steve Mann - cyborg numero uno - led a troop of conference attendees on a surveillance camera hunt and digital capture. Their antics confounded rent-a-cops in a downtown Seattle shopping mall who had difficulty with the concept of having their surveillance cameras surveilled."

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  1. Sousveillance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, this is either the art of looking at sauce, the art of looking under tables, or the art of spying on Dr. Seuss.

  2. Smoked Glass and all by swilde23 · · Score: 5, Funny

    used a smoked-glass oval guard tower to induce discipline and good behavior

    Sounds an awful lot like Las Vegas casinos to me.

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    Oh wait, you say it was designed for a prision. Oh, I suppose that makes sense too.

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  3. Re:Huh? by cvd6262 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...unless he's alleging that video will be doctored...

    CLAUDE: I'd like to point out that this tape has not been tampered with or edited in any way. It even has a timecode on it, and those are very hard to fake.

    JUDGE: For the benefit of the court, would you please explain "timecode"?

    CLAUDE: Just because I don't know what it is ... doesn't mean I'm lying.

    (Ah, the wisdom of Strange Brew.)

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  4. But . by OmgTEHMATRICKS · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who watches the watchers watching the watchers?

    1. Re:But . by chrisbtoo · · Score: 5, Funny

      Slashdot.

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  5. Re:You take a rathter dim view... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "They just ended up where they ended up and felt comfortable where they were."

    You've just described my two cats.

    I wouldn't put them in charge of anything, let alone security.

  6. Re:You take a rather dim view... by ReverendLoki · · Score: 5, Funny
    I too have known a few mall security guards as well. Very good at their job, too... able to maintain a secure and safe environment while pulling off donuts in the Mall Security SUV in the parking lot.

    Just saying, you find all types...

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