[Infowarrior] - State Legislators Discussing Laws That Will Put Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras Inside Private Businesses

[Richard Forno]

State Legislators Discussing Laws That Will Put Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras Inside Private Businesses

from the because-no-square-footage-can-go-unsurveilled dept

The government does enjoy installing cameras pretty much everywhere it can do so with a minimum of complaints. If it thinks there might be some controversy, it just buries the details until after the fact. 

Eugene Volokh has a roundup of new places state governments are planning to install cameras -- only the government won't be buying the cameras… or maintaining them… or even installing them. That's left to the private businesses these bills are pushing additional surveillance requirements on.

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Given the government's penchant for equating nearly everything with its two favorite Wars (Terrorism/Drugs), a vast cross-section of retailers will find themselves legislatively "encouraged" to oblige the government's "collect it all" excesses.



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