Video Surveillance Fragments

Several things that appeared on my various feeds over the last few days…

• House of Commons Library briefing paper: CCTV surveillance by your neighbour.

I also saw an ad / review / report on video doorbells earlier this week where one of the illustrative photos showed the view from a house/doorbell showing cars in the road outside and the doors /windows of the houses opposite… Turning a privacy bug into a Crimestoppers approved feature, I guess…

• Police forces across England and Wales sign up to single portal for road users to submit video evidence

I’m not sure how laws of evidence hold when members of the public submit things like this, becuase it’s getting increasingly easy to tinker with photos nowadays…. For example, changing the weather in a photo…

• Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Surveillance camera system buyers’ toolkit launched

I wonder if the Surveillance Camera Commissioner is going to start adding affiliate links to their website leading to their top picks…?

Participatory video surveillance… sigh…