18.06.2014 - 05:42 [ Techdirt ]

State Legislators Discussing Laws That Will Put Law Enforcement Surveillance Cameras Inside Private Businesses

The government does enjoy installing cameras pretty much everywhere it can do so with a minimum of complaints. If it thinks there might be some controversy, it just buries the details until after the fact.

Eugene Volokh has a roundup of new places state governments are planning to install cameras — only the government won‘t be buying the cameras… or maintaining them… or even installing them. That‘s left to the private businesses these bills are pushing additional surveillance requirements on.