Electronic Frontier Foundation's Atlas of Surveillance

[upgrayedd]

https://atlasofsurveillance.org/

It's practically a hobby of mine to spot cameras and other forms of surveillance. For instance, my local grocery store has 33 cameras.

This site is interesting to me because it's a database of surveillance technology. You can search locations or view a map. It's incomplete though, at least in my city. Within the major city, I was able to find documents of purchase orders for police tech - things like automatic license plate scanners for patrol cars (the computer automatically alerts the cop driving that a vehicle's registered owner has a warrant), drones, cell site simulators, and gun shot detection systems. I could see the actual brand and model of electronics, and from there I could find the marketing and training materials from the manufacturers site.

The suburban areas were lacking data though. I recall license plate readers being purchased by one local town that's not in the database. Most of the cameras on the map are just bank security cameras. I come across numerous other cameras daily and was hoping to find out more about them. I would like to know when facial recognition is being used, too.

[carrythenothing]

https://atlasofsurveillance.org/

It's practically a hobby of mine to spot cameras and other forms of surveillance. For instance, my local grocery store has 33 cameras.

This site is interesting to me because it's a database of surveillance technology. You can search locations or view a map. It's incomplete though, at least in my city. Within the major city, I was able to find documents of purchase orders for police tech - things like automatic license plate scanners for patrol cars (the computer automatically alerts the cop driving that a vehicle's registered owner has a warrant), drones, cell site simulators, and gun shot detection systems. I could see the actual brand and model of electronics, and from there I could find the marketing and training materials from the manufacturers site.

The suburban areas were lacking data though. I recall license plate readers being purchased by one local town that's not in the database. Most of the cameras on the map are just bank security cameras. I come across numerous other cameras daily and was hoping to find out more about them. I would like to know when facial recognition is being used, too.

You can submit data: https://atlasofsurveillance.org/collaborate

[bjcheung77]

Wow, interesting. This reminds me of the sites for "cheap gas" in the city or neighboring cities...