ACLU-NJ Launches Smartphone App That Lets Users Secretly Record Police Stops

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[matt04]

Let me know when the ACLU goes after the TSA who gets away with groping and nude viewing of women, children and the elderly on a daily basis with no probable cause. I'm not going to hold my breath.

[Steamburg]

It’s going to be ironic when this gets used against Holder’s People at election time. I hope there’s enough room on YouTube.

[the invisib1e hand]

I remember how pissed off that deputy in florida got when I started taking pictures...and then I won in court.

Sometimes life is pretty good.

[matt04]

I’m sure those videos will be “accidentally” lost by the ACLU.

[Lady Lucky]

They’re useless unless they instantly stream the vid off to a safe place. Do they?

[HangnJudge]

Not on the Apple iTunes Store...

[Izzy Dunne]

The app, which debuts only for Android devices but will be available for iPhones later this month, is simple to use and can be downloaded at aclu-nj.org/app.

[HangnJudge]

but will be available for iPhones later this month

I'll be waiting

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Like the cops always tell us, "Only someone with something to hide would object."

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It seems to me that somebody could make a lot of money with a car accessory.

A digital audio/video recorder that would be wired to five pinhole cameras/microphones, the four sides of the car and one of the outside of the driver’s window.

A simpler version would just have two: one of the rear of the car and the other of the driver’s window.

It would be discreet enough for no part of it to be detected during a regular search of the car by police.

And it might even be enabled so that once it had been activated, and “run out the clock”, say three hours of recording time for each camera, without being turned off, then the system would search for an open WiFi to connect with. As soon as it found a stable WiFi, it would transmit its video/audio to a third party.

[OneWingedShark]

They stole my idea!

[Roklok]

The ACLU is starting to scare me. Going something I like.

[Roklok]

Doing something I like.

[OneWingedShark]

The ACLU is starting to scare me. Going something I like.

I'm sorry, I can't parse that second sentence.

[Kenny500c]

I think this is a good thing, but prosecutors should have access to the videos as well.

[Kid Shelleen]

>> The app lets users record audio and video discretely with a stealth mode that hides the fact that the recording is happening <<<

Sounds like there is a lot of potential for abuse. What about laws on recording conversations?

Can the police use the app to record a confession after a Miranda Warning ??

[Kid Shelleen]

Will the ACLU be liable if some pervert uses the App for nefarious activities?

[elkfersupper]

The fact that so many people are cogitating on this reveals that there is a problem solveable with modern technology.

This might even mean the end to "puppycide".

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I quite agree. Having a system like this in one’s home could make all the difference in the world.

Imagine a jury watching a video of a police SWAT team gunning down some families Maltese in front of screaming, crying small children, because it was doing a greetings dance on its little hind feet, *after* the cop testifies that “the dog bit him and he felt threatened”.

Yep, that would be entertaining.

[lightman]

Try that west of the Delaware and you’ll be busted under the PA wiretap statute-—two party consent state.