A company wants to pay people
to turn
old camera phones into remote surveillance cameras.
How is this different from stationing a human there to count people?
They couldn't afford to station humans full time in very many places.
And if they argue that they don't or can't recognize individuals, what
assurance do we have that they won't be recognizing individuals using
the same technique 10 years from now?
I think it should be illegal to set up a camera looking for more than
a short time at a place where the public is admitted, if it makes the
video remotely accessible. Individuals, and especially the state,
should
have to get a court order before they can do this.