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Cameras mounted around Cambridge and designed to help 911 dispatchers view evacuation routes during public emergencies have not been turned on in nearly a decade, but are part of a current conversation about surveillance around the city.The controversial cameras sparked fear and outrage after the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to install nearly 100 cameras across the greater Boston area back in 2009. Only eight of the cameras were to be placed in Cambridge. Despite efforts
The system enforces transparency and aims to protect innocents unaware they were the targets of surveillance.
Recent stories about Amazon’s invasive face scanning surveillance technology and Cambridge Analytica’s exploitation of Facebook data have brought the impact of surveillance and data misuse to the fore.
FirstNet is a public-private partnership that creates a “private tunnel” for law enforcement and public safety agencies within AT&T’s network.
If American cities and states are laboratories of democracy, China’s remote provinces have become laboratories of authoritarianism.
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