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How we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance

269 points · 139 comments · cdrnsf

collyw · 1790376561 · focus · HN ↗
Has any of this surveillance bullshit reduced the number of incidents that occurred where they have been installed? I find it terrifying.
1. Our_Benefactors · 1790380608 · focus · HN ↗
  Yes, flock cameras basically solved the problem with San Fran car breakins.
  1. samudrijan · 1790391293 · focus · HN ↗
    No one from the city calls it San Fran.
    musicale · 1790396352 · focus · HN ↗
    Wikipedia claims it's used by "non-native residents" - who, it might be argued, are "from" the city since they happen to live there.
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicknames_of_San_Francisco" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicknames_of_San_Francisco

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