[sudo-discuss] shotspotter will be discontinued

[Pete Forsyth]

I think there are significant principles in here, maybe on everybody's mind
but not called out specifically: if data is made available to the public,
rather than made available only to the police, it's much more palatable. In
either case, it's important that individual privacy not be infringed beyond
some certain point. If all the data is public (and presented in a way that
is structured & useful to the public,not some PDF report) then it's easier
for everybody to see whether it is done in a way that respects individual
privacy in appropriate ways.

Pete
[[User:Peteforsyth]] on the wiki


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:

> If combined with a lightning detector and an acceleromter it could
> pinpoint lightning, earthquakes and large trucks. Also noise pollution
> mapping. Also add speakers and you could use it in reverse to get
> steer cops around oakland like a laggy rc car parade.
>
>
> On Friday, March 14, 2014, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> i can't tell if you replied to the list or just privately to me.
>>
>> that sounds like it would be fun, but it would be more worthwhile if
>> there were a larger goal to be accomplished, ideally with funding.
>>
>> it wouldn't be trivial - what is the right way to record timestamps onto
>> an audio recording from a GPS?  perhaps use one of the two audio channels
>> as a SMPTE timing track?  that's kinda ridiculous but there's probably lots
>> of code already written...
>>
>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Hol Gaskill wrote:
>>
>>  I'd be down to make a few time of flight receivers with you.
>>>
>>> on Mar 14, 2014, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>       what do people think of the shotspotter system installed in
>>> oakland?
>>>
>>>       it's a network of microphones on telephone poles, each with a GPS
>>> (for
>>>       a precise clock) and a network connection. When a gunshot-like
>>> sound is
>>>       detected, they send the sound and its precise timing to a central
>>> server
>>>       that determines the location of the shot, and tells the police to
>>> go
>>>       there.
>>>
>>>       some people have expressed concern that the microphones are used
>>> to spy on
>>>       people, but it would be impossible to hear a conversation from the
>>> top of
>>>       a telephone pole that wasnt already loud enough to be heard inside
>>> nearby
>>>       houses (or the phone in your pocket).
>>>
>>>       apparently the city pays $264,000 per year to keep shotspotter
>>> going. I
>>>       think sudoroom people could do it for much less if they thought it
>>> was a
>>>       useful thing. They would be discontinuing it to save money, or
>>> perhaps to
>>>       avoid having to send cops to do actual work once in a while...
>>>
>>>       i mean.. sending police toward the gunfire? sounds like a good
>>> idea...
>>>
>>>       http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Oakland-cops-aim-to-
>>> scrap-gunfire-detecting-5316060.php
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