[sudo-discuss] [omni-discuss] physical security working group?

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Hi yar - I figured we might be able to get you to pipe in on this topic...
;-)

Back at the old sudo location, there were a few muggings right outside the
door. I remember there was some discussion at that time about under what
conditions a security camera might be acceptable. E.g. using strong
encryption, auto-erasing after some expiration date, and requiring multiple
keys to unlock the recordings.

Would those kinds of safeguards satisfy your concerns around video
surveillance? Did Sudo ever wind up installing a security camera at the
front door in the old location?

Patrik

PS: are there any particular security needs that La Commune needs help with
ASAP?

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:26 PM, yar <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > - How much video surveillance are we as a community willing to tolerate?
> Is
> > there an acceptable tradeoff between enhancing personal and property
> safety,
> > and respecting privacy? A static and well-advertized camera trained at a
> > piece of valuable infrastructure may be OK. A building-wide surveillance
> > system that can track people from room to room with facial recognition
> > presumably isn't OK. Can we agree on where that boundary lies?
>
> I'm never comfortable with any kind of video surveillance. If it's
> just pointed at a machine in the corner of CCL or something I wouldn't
> make a fuss, but if it's recording common areas or access routes I
> would. Whether we run facial recognition is moot - if a digital image
> exists, it will be run through facial recognition software sooner or
> later. That's life in the botnet of things.
>
> We should also note that La Commune has already been facilitating
> conversations for their own security needs, which right now means
> locking up bookshelves when they close the store. It would be really
> good if we could help them ASAP.
>
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