This is an exaggeration.
They are simply using technology to substitute for a “boot on the ground.” Surely you don’t complain that the Air Force uses a predator drone controlled by an airman in Nevada to take out a bad guy in Afghanistan?
They are not spying. They are enforcing the existing laws with technology instead of people.
What freedom is being lost, other than the freedom to break a law? And you still have that freedom, it just becomes a bit more expensive because you will be caught more often. I understand this is simply a tax increase, but I don't see freedom being lost through better enforcement of existing laws.
They will store the info, it is guaranteed. They will use it for who knows what.
more money for the Government
This IS spying. Maryland is not using the data only to hunt for criminals. They are also building a database of citizen movement that will be used at a later time for purposes that are not yet evident. This is Maryland, remember.
The freedom that is lost is the freedom from government surveillance.
I suspect the primary purpose of the system is to monitor the movements of, and facilitate the surveillance of, people who are disliked for "political" reasons.
And what’s next? A telescreen in every house that is on 24x7x365?
It isn’t technically an “invasion of privacy” but, you’re trying to have a war zone where intelligence flights and spy sats are looking for troop movements. I do not even know how you can make that comparison.
Spying upon “law abiding citizens” is an abridgment of your due process. Every citizen is proven guilty until innocent? True, officers lie, and cameras don’t, but, don’t you feel just slightly violated knowing that your movements are being tracked in what is supposed to be a FREE country?