The USPS camera pilot program aims to enhance community safety by using postal vehicles to scan roads and collect data.

#USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’ https://www.404media.co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/ #privacy #surveillance

#USPS To Put #Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’ "Purpose of this pilot is to leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability to collect this valuable data due to the scale and frequency with which our fleet of postal vehicles travel the streets of every community across the country.” “#NextBase cameras will scan and analyze roads, signage, maps roadways and sidewalks.” Cameras will be forward-facing, and record when in drive. https://www.404media.co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/ https://archive.ph/Xd9kt

USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for 'Community Safety' (Joseph Cox/404 Media) https://www.404media.co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/ http://www.memeorandum.com/260930/p64#a260930p64

#USPS To Put #Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’ The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs, map roadways and sidewalks, and improve “community safety,” according to a letter posted by a labor union and a statement from the agency to 404 Media. The idea is that, since the trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation. #privacy #surveillance https://www.404media.co/usps-to-put-cameras-in-trucks-that-scan-roads-for-community-safety/