Can't wait for the group that leverages this for some chaotic good. Reconstruct movements of political figures? Track squad cars for a real-time map of what areas are safest for crime? Really flip the surveillance state around and see how it feels to be in the other end of the camera.
FOA requests are no where near real time and also cost $ to request. They are also not automated. Real government employees will be assigned your request to approve/deny, determine cost, request and receive payment, and then fulfill. This usually takes months or years.
That may be true, but Washington has the Public Records Act which says they have to respond in 5 days and can't take longer than a year to provide the documents, and have fines large enough for some people to make a living setting people up for public records lawsuits.
So in Washington, at least, there actually is some accountability.
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Godnroc@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 285d
Can't wait for the group that leverages this for some chaotic good. Reconstruct movements of political figures? Track squad cars for a real-time map of what areas are safest for crime? Really flip the surveillance state around and see how it feels to be in the other end of the camera.
OmegaMan@lemmings.world · 30 pts · 285d
FOA requests are no where near real time and also cost $ to request. They are also not automated. Real government employees will be assigned your request to approve/deny, determine cost, request and receive payment, and then fulfill. This usually takes months or years.
mrcleanup@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 285d
That may be true, but Washington has the Public Records Act which says they have to respond in 5 days and can't take longer than a year to provide the documents, and have fines large enough for some people to make a living setting people up for public records lawsuits.
So in Washington, at least, there actually is some accountability.
cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 285d
At which point it will be national-securitied into knowing they exist getting you a free rope.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 285d
So now we need home addresses for all of Flock's c-suite so we can host a website showing their lives on Flock cameras.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 285d
I hope this becomes real. We can have our own Truman show, until they change the laws.