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It's terrible that the police are getting access to a bunch of cameras pointed at the street, but not very notable that they're using the tools we're giving them to do the job we're telling them to do.



> EFF and ACLU of Northern California filed a lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco on behalf of three protesters, asking the court to require the city to follow its Surveillance Technology Ordinance and prohibit the SFPD from acquiring, borrowing, or using non-city networks of surveillance cameras absent prior approval from the city’s Board of Supervisors.

It seems like they're actually ignoring laws which are supposed to put checks and balances on their ability to acquire surveillance data.




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