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//]]>// >By John P. Mello Jr.
Jan 27, 2021 11:35 AM PT
An online map of surveillance cameras in New York City is in the works.
The map project is part of a larger campaign called Ban the Scan, sponsored by Amnesty International, which is partnering on the initiative with several other tech advocacy, privacy, and civil liberties groups. We need a map so citizens can have a sense where they are being observed by the NYPD as they go about their everyday lives, explained Michael Kleinman, director of Amnesty USA s Silicon Valley Initiative. It also gives the citizens of New York, and more broadly people who are concerned about the issue of facial recognition, a sense of just how pervasive this kind of surveillance is, he told TechNewsWorld.