andrew van damMay 16, 2023

commenters on doug's fantastic investigation into the growing, super-intense digital surveillance of public housing are EXTREMELY unsympathetic.

typical top comment: "Oh for God's sake. Live so that it doesn't matter if a camera is on you outside of your home."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/16/surveillance-cameras-public-housing/

Eyes on the poor: Cameras, facial recognition watch over public housing

Surveillance cameras purchased with federal crime-fighting grants are being used to punish and evict public housing residents, sometimes for minor rule violations, a Washington Post investigation found.

The Washington Post
Erik SMay 18, 2023
Show threadandrew van dam
meanwhile this beautifully terrifying @alyssafowers chart shows folks in public housing in some places are being watched as intensely as inmates at rikers
May 16, 2023 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadKevin Dreyfuss-WellsMay 17, 2023
@andrewvandam @alyssafowers
A counterpoint: all multifamily housing uses a lot of cameras across all income ranges. As they’ve gotten very cheap to install and operate, both management and residents come to expect them. Not defending the general surveillance state, but I’ve seen similar ratios in luxury condos, middle income rentals, and public/affordable housing. Even many single family houses have ratios at 1:5 or less
Show threadkeplernikoMay 17, 2023
@andrewvandam @alyssafowers isn’t 2:1 greater than 1:1.1 or did I miss something?