Comment Re:The problem is the fuzz, not the swatters (Score 1) 569
Some cities already do this. But now you're also got audio recording devices everywhere. I'm surprised by the amount of people here wanting to erode everyone's privacy to increase the chances of finding the swatters. It's a classic example of a slippery slope. Now that we have this tech, lets apply it everywhere for the smallest benefit.
I'm not advocating for recording devices, audio or video, to be installed at every street corner. A device specifically engineered to detect gunshots is something else entirely. If it's streaming continuous audio that's passed through a speech recognition algorithm on a government supercomputer and scanned for red-flag keywords it is no longer a gunshot detector, it's a nightmare, and the same goes for facial recognition cameras, chip implants, barcode tattoos, NSA hijinks, etc. The problem with privacy loss isn't technology, it's an overbearing and intrusive government and an apathetic citizenry. Technology is ethically agnostic; politicians and voters not so much.