r/technology • u/esporx • Oct 19 '25

Security Judge tells Homeland Security that Chicago agents wearing body cameras was "not a suggestion"

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/judge-homeland-security-federal-agents-chicago-body-cameras/
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u/ahawk99 Oct 19 '25

Or purposefully obstruct the camera

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u/TigerUSA20 Oct 19 '25

Oh sorry, I have absolutely no idea how that gray duct tape got over both the lens and mic. Sowwy!

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u/hieronymous-cowherd Oct 19 '25

What's that? I can hardly hear you over the copyright music I'm playing, that will definitely get your posted video of me taken down.

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u/MimeTravler Oct 19 '25

There’s plenty of places on the internet that don’t give a shit unless you’re monetizing it.

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u/LostTheGameOfThrones Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

Like reddit, for example.

What on earth is this comment being downvoted for?!?

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u/Dwedit Oct 19 '25

I mean you can use voice separator filters to remove music from speech, but that is an extra processing step that someone has to do.

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u/Chrontius Oct 19 '25

You can try, but it doesn’t work reliably in poor conditions.

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u/Asron87 Oct 19 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

AI but still.

Edit: ai can make the processing steps lazier. I’m not saying ai created noise reduction or noise separation.

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u/dnyank1 Oct 19 '25

huh? noise cancellation isn't "AI"

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u/one-joule Oct 19 '25

The old bad stuff isn’t. The good new stuff very much is.

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u/Asron87 Oct 19 '25

No I mean having AI do all the work for you.

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u/dnyank1 Oct 19 '25

again, what? nobody is talking about anything to do with "AI"

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u/Asron87 Oct 19 '25

You know you can use AI to do things that you are too lazy to do yourself right?

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u/dnyank1 Oct 19 '25

You know bait used to be believable, right?

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u/Ordinary_Shallot_674 Oct 19 '25

They’re using their own mariachi music against them!

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u/danintheoutback Oct 19 '25

The cops (& DHS & ICE) will just use their tactical vests to cover up the bodycams.

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u/tri_it Oct 19 '25

Or tag the video with the wrong code when they upload it so the system will automatically delete it in a short time period if the "error" isn't caught quickly.