In the bus we're monitored by a pro-vision camera.

[EntityCubed]

I always sit low in my seat to get some privacy. These schools are prisons.

[brainiac3397]

You don't exactly expect privacy on public transportation, do you?

[Sunbourn]

They were all over my middle and high schools as well. You kind of just have to deal with the fact that cameras in public places are here to stay. Privacy in public is not to be expected. The only places I can think of off the top of my head where you can reasonably expect to not have cameras is in the bathroom and in store changing rooms. Even there some places have taken it upon themselves to do so anyway, but they usually are in the wrong legally.

[brainiac3397]

I wonder what they think of people who consciously observe the devices made to observe?

Yesterday I peered into one of those security cameras with the round black coverings(making it difficult to see where the camera is pointed) at the train station while waiting for the train. I figured out that if you stand right underneath them and look carefully, you can see where they point

[Sunbourn]

(09-11-2013 02:32 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  I wonder what they think of people who consciously observe the devices made to observe?

Yesterday I peered into one of those security cameras with the round black coverings(making it difficult to see where the camera is pointed) at the train station while waiting for the train. I figured out that if you stand right underneath them and look carefully, you can see where they point

Ah, those are called dome cameras. The funny part is, a lot of them tend to be fake. Most places will mix in real dome cameras with dummies to make it appear that all angles are covered to save money and resources. It works well as a deterrent.

[brainiac3397]

It's a habit of mine to scout for security cameras, and guess where their coverage is. I just started doing it because I found it entertaining. And I also don't mind staring directly into the cameras, like I've mentioned. Considering the fact that no one really does it, it'll seem quirky. What I wish was being able to see how the people watching(in the case there is someone actively watching) will react or what they'd think when they see somebody sticking their face right in front of the cameras.

[Sunbourn]

(09-11-2013 02:39 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  It's a habit of mine to scout for security cameras, and guess where their coverage is. I just started doing it because I found it entertaining. And I also don't mind staring directly into the cameras, like I've mentioned. Considering the fact that no one really does it, it'll seem quirky. What I wish was being able to see how the people watching(in the case there is someone actively watching) will react or what they'd think when they see somebody sticking their face right in front of the cameras.

Loss prevention workers are trained to keep an eye on people who stare directly in to cameras, because it's assumed that they're scoping for blindspots to conceal goods.

[brainiac3397]

(09-11-2013 02:46 PM)|55555| Wrote:  

(09-11-2013 02:39 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  It's a habit of mine to scout for security cameras, and guess where their coverage is. I just started doing it because I found it entertaining. And I also don't mind staring directly into the cameras, like I've mentioned. Considering the fact that no one really does it, it'll seem quirky. What I wish was being able to see how the people watching(in the case there is someone actively watching) will react or what they'd think when they see somebody sticking their face right in front of the cameras.

Loss prevention workers are trained to keep an eye on people who stare directly in to cameras, because it's assumed that they're scoping for blindspots to conceal goods.

I guess it's too bad then that they'll be wasting time keeping an eye on someone who is just eccentric and finds observing observation devices an amusing way of passing time.