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Red Light Cameras Don't Work

2008-08-25 12:19:23 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cameras don't work," said lead author Barbara Langland-Orban, professor and chair of health policy and management at the USF College of Public Health. "Instead, they increase crashes and injuries as drivers attempt to abruptly stop at camera intersections Comprehensive studies from North Carolina, Virginia, and Ontario have all reported...
 
Tags: red, red-light, red-light runners, install red-light cameras, cameras, red-light cameras, conclude cameras, studies, rigorous studies
 
 
 
 
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The Ineffectiveness of Security Cameras

2008-04-07 13:33:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cameras were there Using a complicated method, researchers were able to come up with an average daily crime rate at each location broken out by type of crime and distance from the cameras. They then compared it with the average daily crime rate from the period before the cameras were installed They looked at seven types of crime: larcenies,...
 
Tags: cameras, crime, average daily crime, security, crimes, feet, motor vehicle theft, forcible sex offenses, positive deterrent effect
 
 
 
 
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London's Cameras Don't Reduce Crime

2008-05-07 06:53:36 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in...
 
Tags: cctv, cctv cameras, cameras, cctv images, police, metropolitan police unit, images, senior police officer, officer
 
 
 
 
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More on Airplane Seat Cameras

2008-06-04 12:05:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cameras are also positioned to monitor the planes aisles, presumably to catch anyone standing by the cockpit door with a suspiciously crusty bread roll But since people never sit still on planes, the software's also designed so that footage from multiple cameras can be analysed. So, if one person continually walks from his seat to the...
 
Tags: cameras, seat, airplane-seat camera system, system, detect, detect terrorists, people, terrorists, saves people
 
 
 
 
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Cameras in the New York City Subways

2008-01-25 13:41:52 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cameras' servers has been a nightmare. In many stations, there's literally no place to put the things. Plus, the ceilings in most of the subway stations are only nine feet high, and there are columns every few yards. Which makes it very hard to get a good look at the passengers
 
Tags: york, york city, million, electronic security program, subway surveillance program, modern security network, stations, next-generation surveillance network, subway stations
 
 
 
 
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Surveillance Cameras

2008-03-14 12:31:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
Interesting article from Popular Mechanics on surveillance cameras -- I'm quoted in several places. And this about watching back
 
Tags: surveillance cameras, popular mechanics, article
 
 
 
 
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Sunglasses that Hide your Face from Cameras

2008-07-07 13:54:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...cameras only see a big white blur where your face should be. Building them is a snap: just take a pair of sunglasses, attach two small but powerful IR LEDS to two pairs of wires, one wire per LED. Then attach the LEDs to the glasses; the video suggests making a hole in the rim of the glasses to embed the LEDs. Glue or otherwise affix the...
 
Tags: attach lithium batteries, batteries, attach, black wire, wire, wires, red wires, video suggests, leds
 
 
 
 
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Speed Cameras Record Every Car

2008-07-23 05:32:47 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
In this article about British speed cameras, and a trick to avoid them that does not work, is this sentence: As vehicles pass between the entry and exit camera points their number plates are digitally recorded, whether speeding or not. Without knowing more, I can guarantee that those records are kept forever
 
Tags: british speed cameras, vehicles pass, exit camera, sentence, entry, records, avoid, trick, guarantee
 
 
 
 
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Nairobi, Mombasa street cameras to tackle crime

2008-09-19 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b76f9c in Network World on Security
 
The Kenyan government has adopted closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to tackle the rising cases of insecurity in the streets, said Bitange Ndemo, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication
 
Tags: closed-circuit television, kenyan government, tackle, bitange ndemo, cameras, permanent secretary, streets, information, cctv
 
 
 
 
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CCTV Cameras Going Unmonitored

2008-12-26 07:09:54 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This is not surprising at all; when money is scarce, these sorts of things go unfunded. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that people thought the cameras were ever monitored -- generally, they're not
 
Tags: cameras, people, scarce, money, surprise, sorts