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Stephen Russell is a serial entrepreneur, investor, writer, and all-around-believer in the power of technology to reshape the world. InHardFocus.com contains his musings on topics including surveillance, privacy, security technology and more.

Recent Posts Tagged With 'city'

• Finally, A Balanced Take on Security Cameras

  Posted on Monday June 9th, 2008 at 16:12 in city, Privacy, Surveillance

  Okay, in this case, Fox News actually is providing a "fair and balanced" take on things. Apparently security camera neither put a complete stop to crime nor are completely useless privacy invasions. I...

• Surveillance and Mapping Software Together at Last

  Posted on Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 in city, face rec, visualization

  It seems like a lot of cities are announcing large scale facial recognition systems these days, which will definitely require an increase in data storage capabilities to store more and better footage....

• SF Cameras Prove Innocence...69 Days Too Late

  Posted on Thursday October 25th, 2007 at 09:38 in city, innocent, san francisco, Surveillance

  Despite a clear fascination with red light cameras and other video traffic tracking systems, San Francisco policy makers can’t quite figure out how to use city surveillance systems in the pursuit of...

• Not So Fast Ontario

  Posted on Wednesday October 24th, 2007 at 18:21 in city, Privacy, Surveillance, toronto

  The $21 million Toronto Transit System is on hold after Privacy International filed a complaint with the city’s privacy commissioner. They believe “that the installation of cameras on the scale pr...

• Philly Touts Cameras in 37% Crime Drop

  Posted on Monday October 22nd, 2007 at 14:52 in cameras, city, philadelphia, Surveillance

  Philadelphia is aggressively adding city surveillance cameras, 250 of them, after the success of its initial rollout of just eighteen cameras last year. The city installed 18 video surveillance camera...

• Wi-Fi Brings Cameras to Tough Neighborhoods

  Posted on Saturday October 20th, 2007 at 17:27 in cameras, chicago, city, san francisco, Surveillance

  Wi-fi Mesh technology is bringing down video deployment costs and making surveillance possible in some fairly rough neighborhoods. Contrary to some other reports, this seems to be having some effect:"...

• The Maginot Line Part Deux

  Posted on Friday October 12th, 2007 at 16:35 in cameras, city, paris, Surveillance

  Andre Maginot has nothing on the virtual defense being mounted by French police.Alliot-Marie said the Paris public transport network would expand its surveillance network to 6,500 cameras, while syste...

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  Posted on Sunday October 7th, 2007 at 23:40 in cameras, city, Surveillance

  Cameras, cameras, everywhere....