[declan at well.com: [Politech] The NYPD can take photos of you -- but you can'

[Tyler Durden]

Time for eJazeera!

The answer is obvious: Ubiquitous default instant wireless upload of photos 
to the internet.

This is a battle they can't, in the long run, win.

-TD


>From: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org>
>To: cypherpunks at jfet.org
>Subject: [declan at well.com: [Politech] The NYPD can take photos of you --  
>but you can't turn your lens on them [fs]]
>Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:00:33 +0200
>
>----- Forwarded message from Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com> -----
>
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:39:50 -0700
>To: Politech <politech at politechbot.com>
>Subject: [Politech] The NYPD can take photos of you -- but you can't turn
>  your lens on them [fs]
>User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Macintosh/20051201)
>
>What thuggish behavior. Kudos to the Village Voice for publicizing this.
>
>I've been accosted (though not arrested) for taking photos on public
>sidewalks/streets in Washington, DC. The two times that come to mind
>were before 9/11. Photos of the Feds in question:
>http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/capitol-police.html
>http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-5/pennsylvania-ave-setup-cop.html
>
>-Declan
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Politech Submission: The NYPD wants to take your  picturebbut
>beware of turning your lens on the cops
>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:43:35 -0400
>From: John Albino <jalbino at jwalbino.com>
>To: declan at well.com
>
>From the Village Voice of April 10:
>
>"Watching the Detectives
>"The NYPD wants to take your pictureB-but beware
>of turning your lens on the cops"
>
><http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0615,ferguson,72804,5.html>
>
>"But police evidently aren't so keen on
>surveillance when the cameras are turned on
>themB-particularly when those cameras show them
>abusing free-street-parking privileges.
>
>"On March 27, two volunteers from the advocacy
>group Transportation Alternatives were detained
>for taking pictures of police officers' private
>cars, which were parked on the sidewalk outside
>the Fifth Precinct in Chinatown. The volunteers
>say they were held and questioned at the precinct
>for about 20 minutes and instructed to erase the pictures.
>
>""It was intimidating. I was afraid they were
>going to arrest me," says Brian Hoberman, 37, who
>works as a researcher for the city's Rent Guidelines Board."
>--
>John Albino
>mailto:jalbino(AT)jwalbino.com
>
>
>
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