Big (Robot) Brother is watching you on Muni

Pub date June 8, 2012
WriterTim Redmond
SectionPolitics Blog

So I’m not usually the paranoid type (I said usually), but this one is a little creepy: According to Fast Company, Muni is going to deploy a camera system that can detect criminal or potential terrorist behavior — without a human being.

Not clear what happens when the cameras find something suspicious (and anyone who rides Muni knows that “anomalous behavior” is pretty standard fare). But I sense this could cause some trouble when over-anxious cops hyped on terror-watching charge into the tunnel to grab some guy who’s pissing on the wall.

Unless the cameras decide that’s “normal.”