Tuesday night, the city of Oakland accepted $2 million dollars in federal funding for a surveillance project called the "Domain Awareness Center." As reported by Ars Technica , the project would create a central monitoring station for the feeds from nearly a thousand cameras, along with data from license plate readers, thermal imaging devices and gunshot detection devices. Most of the devices are already in place, but by collating the data in a central location, critics argue the city is enabling centralized surveillance.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4575488/oaklands-centralized-surveillance-plan-faces-public-outcry
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