No, it’s not 1984

April 17, 2006 by Dan in Privacy with 3 Comments

YIKES!!! I’m not sure what that looks like: The drone that Darth Vader used in StarWars, Robocop (pardon the pun), or something out of Transformers.

This video recorder hanging in Brooklyn (Knickerbocker Ave & Starr St), is the first of 500 more to come in NYC’s new $9 million video surveillance project, dubbed “Ring of Steel.”

Anyone else find this disturbing?

This thing needs a serious makeover, how can anyone warm up to something called “Ring of Steel.”

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Yeah, it looks pretty unwieldy, but that might be the idea. No one can miss it. I don’t think its purpose has anything to do with people “warming up to it”. It’s a law enforcement tool, not a puppy.

It reminds me of that crazy giant robot from Robocop for some reason.
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Looks like one of those gun shot proximity detectors.
George Orwell

Yes, it is 1984…

No, it’s not 1984

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