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Big Brother Listens: NYPD gunfire tracking system raises privacy fears

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    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM
    Published on Mar 20, 2015
    Despite New York City already being flooded with thousands of surveillance cameras, the NYPD has deci

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    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM
    Published on Mar 20, 2015
    Despite New York City already being flooded with thousands of surveillance cameras, the NYPD has decided to expand its electronic observation skills from eyes to ears, by using a $1.5mn gunshot detection system that includes hundreds of microphones across the city.

    Privacy activists point out the system might just as well be used to listen in to conversations.

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