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> But ubiquitous networked cameras are not the way we should do that

How else should it be done? I think they're going to pick the cheapest option most of the time.

Which is why you don't install them widely enough to enable broad surveillance, yes. Temporary additions to problem-areas can be fine though. Scale is part of the "should this be allowed" equation, we allow extremely intrusive things when they're tightly scoped (and court approved).

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