The thought of cameras tracking individuals is not pleasant. I do have some issues with the objections to them.
The Supreme Court has already ruled that you have little right to privacy in public. It would be perfectly legal for you to stand on a corner and take a picture of every car that passes. Why? Well, because the alternative is worse.
Imagine not being able to take photographs in public. There are already places where photography is restricted- rest rooms, locker rooms, places important to national security. Privately owned property and businesses can have such restrictions, but imagine such restrictions EVERYWHERE.
I have heard the argument that it isn’t the pictures, but what they do with them that is the problem. Do we want the government controlling what we can do with photo? You can take them, but don’t enlarge them! Don’t enhance them! Don’t store them!
I don’t want big brother looking over my shoulder, but let’s be very careful that the cure isn’t worse than the problem.
We need to control what GOVERNMENT does with photographs, video recordings, audio recordings, and the analysis and fusion of those data.
In a free society, We the People limit what government is permitted to do.
Do you want a free society?