[57north-discuss] Getting Rid of Creepy Cam

[derecho at sector5d.org]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 03:41:28PM +0000, Iain R. Learmonth wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:06:45AM +0000, Tom Jones wrote:
> > I have always felt uncomfortable with the camera being on all the time in the
> > space. Coming from CCC and Germany I think we are too forgiving with constant
> > surveillance in this country.
> 
> I agree that the webcam should be removed. The novelty of the webcam has
> worn off and it is now just creepy.
> 
> One of our aims as a hackerspace is to provide a safe space to work on
> projects. I believe that a webcam allowing anyone to view the space breaches
> this safe space and is therefore contrary to that goal.
> 
> I believe this to be a strong enough reason to remove the webcam from the
> hackerspace. If anyone has a reason that they would like to keep the webcam
> in the space, this should be discussed here so that we can reach an
> arrangement that works for everyone.
> 
> Thanks,
> Iain.
> 
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Just writing that I'm supporting the decision to get rid of the constant
surveillance. Having it around for playing with is fine, but there's no
need to have it see everything all the time.

Regards,
Derecho
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