DEA and ICE 'are hiding secret cameras inside streetlights and traffic barrels across the country

You're being watched! DEA and ICE 'are hiding secret cameras inside streetlights and traffic barrels across the country'



.....'It basically has the ability to turn every streetlight into a surveillance device, which is very Orwellian to say the least,'... said the ACLU. 'In most jurisdictions, the local police or department of public works are authorized to make these decisions unilaterally and in secret. There's no public debate or oversight.'

Surveillance cameras in such public spaces would help increase the development of facial recognition.

...Amazon has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security in an effort to help their cameras get access to facial recognition.

'We are ready and willing to support the vital [Homeland Security Investigations] mission,' an Amazon employee wrote in an email.

https://qz.com/1458475/the-dea-and-ice-are-hiding-surveillance-cameras-in-streetlights/