Hillsborough, Clearwater police monitoring private security cameras

Critics say technology that lets agencies watch security footage in real time — provided users opt in — is ‘ripe for abuse.’

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I really don’t like the “but otherwise we’d need a warrant” approach.

Yes, of course you should need a warrant. That’s the bit that’s the safeguard and actually is the checks and balance against abuse. It’s not a problem to be optimized away.