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this deserves a HUGE turnout!<br>
"just say NO!"<br>
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This Thursday, September 26, the City of Cambridge is
hosting a community meeting to discuss a <a
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href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CEkQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridgema.gov%2Fcitynewsandpublications%2Fnews%2F2013%2F08%2F%7E%2Fmedia%2FDFAED87139A74AE9A83B3912C5298027.ashx&ei=IQBDUs7DBvKl4AO-iIHoBA&usg=AFQjCNEmixvcmeqf7dxS-OFsCJK-Io_TdQ&sig2=ZRgnU55uWFx3jb91envz3w">draft
surveillance-camera policy</a> proposed by the Cambridge
Police Department. The draft policy poses significant risks
to privacy. It would:
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<div>- Use "preventing terrorism" as a justification, when
there's no evidence that cameras like this deter
terrorism, or even that they <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=hN6imoZJMAQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA263&dq=cctv&ots=hNRZzLg_Z5&sig=Z7ny9VGPggcs5JF9XhgyBJxrkqw#v=onepage&q=cctv&f=false">deter
crime</a> at all.</div>
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<div>- Allow other cities' police to monitor public activity
on Cambridge streets<br>
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<div>- Provide few protections for how the data will be
stored or used</div>
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<div>Please join <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.warrantless.org">Digital Fourth</a> and
the <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.aclum.org">ACLU
of Massachusetts</a> at the meeting on Thursday, Sept.
26 at 6pm. We'd love it if you could prepare your own
testimony, or simply express your concerns
about government surveillance on public streets in your
neighborhoods. You can also <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://click.actions.aclu.org/?qs=1b2079e20a4d80de321635a73f1558f1a932a96e8ace541d8c2c301f80a772e6">submit
comments online</a> to Cambridge City Manager Richard
Rossi and the Cambridge City Council.</div>
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<div>Here's our prior coverage of the issue: <a
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href="http://warrantless.org/2013/08/cambridge-cameras/">http://warrantless.org/2013/08/cambridge-cameras/</a><br>
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We hope to see you there; please <a
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href="mailto:alex@warrantless.org">let us know</a>
whether you can make it!</div>
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<div>Alex.<br>
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Alex Marthews, President<br>
Digital Fourth<br>
28 Temple Street, Belmont, MA 02478<br>
(781) 258-2936<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.twitter.com/rebelcinder">@rebelcinder</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.warrantless.org">www.warrantless.org</a></div>
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