Posted on 04/11/2011 4:26:24 PM PDT by surroundedbyblue
A thermal imaging project in the city of Boston has been put on hold because of privacy concerns. Lisa van der Pool of the Boston Business Journal reports.
Boston officials had hoped to have aerial and street-level photos taken across about four square miles of the city this winter using infrared cameras that would show heat loss in the city homes. Officials planned on sharing the photos and analysis with homeowners, and were hoping the findings would increase enrollment in efficiency programs and also create business opportunities. But, the project hit a snag when the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts raised concerns that the infrared cameras would reveal information about what’s going on inside the homes. Sagewell’s cameras can take up to 20,000 images of homes per day.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...
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I suspect this is exactly what the perpetrators wanted to get from their camera system.
“Yikes.”. I got one of those FLIR’s (forward looking infrared) on my boat...... Night vision has it advantages... Triple Yikes!
There is plenty of court precedence on this specific technology. Use of FLIR on the “curtilage” without a warrant isn’t going to fly in court.
There is plenty of court precedence on this specific technology. Use of FLIR on the “curtilage” without a warrant isn’t going to fly in court.
The Z Backscatter Vans, or ZBVs, as the company calls them, send a narrow stream of X-rays off and through nearby objects and read which ones bounce back. Absorbed rays indicate dense material such as steel. Scattered rays show less-dense objects that can include explosives, drugs or human bodies.
DHS and local law enforcment agencies have purchased 89 of these vans last year.
So who's looking at you?
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