RNZ’s Phil Pennington highlights the overwhelming presence of AI-enabled cameras in our daily lives, from billboards to bus windshields to supermarket checkouts. Despite successful marketing of surveillance for safety, legal challenges arise, such as cases involving footage gathered without a warrant. Surprisingly, authorities are expanding surveillance methods, including facial recognition systems and number plate recognition. Innovative uses include car-identifying buses and intelligent speed cameras capable of inside-car monitoring. The controversial surveillance landscape in New Zealand includes virtual spying on social media and national ticketing solutions raising privacy concerns. The article concludes with the growing trend of surveillance-as-a-service.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524791/the-surveilled-society-who-is-watching-you-and-how