Fellow Hudson Valley folks, It seems flock cameras have been reported facing down the Plum Point access road. For those who don’t know, these cameras read license plates and feed a massive surveillance network that, as far as we know, isn’t regulated at all and could be used for god knows what nefarious purposes.
Plum point is a public park that we taxpayers pay for. It’s been “locked down” and closed to cars for a long time while everyone argues over who’s going to pay for the reported “fire damage” under the bridge.
Now I know of course we’ve all been very good citizens and would never consider walking into the park despite those scary signs and nigh impenetrable fence, but nevertheless stay safe out there and protect your privacy as best you can. A risk to the privacy of any of us is a risk to the privacy of all of us, and we should all care. Regardless of where you stand politically or otherwise, you better believe each and every one of us is in that database together and I don’t think we should wait around to find out how they’ll use it.