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SOS Camera Watch
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:15:37 -0400
--- latanya () privacy cs cmu edu wrote: > > Announcing the launch of SOS Camera Watch at > the Data Privacy Lab > > <http://privacy.cs.cmu.edu/dataprivacy/projects/camwatch/index.html> > > The Camera Watch project is part of our new > Surveillance of Surveillances ( SOS) effort. We > are constructing a repository of links to > publicly available on-line webcams, where the > webcams of interest are those that observe the > public in public spaces. At present, we > estimate there are about 10,000 such cameras > displaying public places in the United States. > Our goals are to assess the number and nature > of such cameras, explore potential uses, and > analyze and propose related policies and best > practices. > > Our database is just being launched. The > current edition of the database has only a few > hundred direct links to cameras with about > 6,000 links currently queued for processing. We > expect to have these included in the database > over the next weeks. If you find an on-line > camera you would like included, feel free to > submit the URL. > > You can search the database for specific > cameras, submit a URL, or get more information > at > <http://privacy.cs.cmu.edu/dataprivacy/projects/camwatch/index.html>. > > Thanks to Kishore Madhava and Marshall Warfield > for their effort in getting this launched. >
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