[hackerspaces] What's your recording setup?

[Chris Weiss]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Koen Martens <gmc at sonologic.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 01:34:35PM -0600, Chris Weiss wrote:
>> > On the other hand, they're kinda public
>> > and we sometime feel watched.
>>
>> same at archreactor.  though from a space safety POV, this isn't a bad
>> thing, but doens't have to be public for the safety aspect.
>
> I don't know about safety. I never really feel safer when there are camera's
> watching my every move. I also fail to see how it would make the space safer
> to be honest, especially if it is not recording.

well, yeah, it would have to be recording.  though you said "we feel
watched" and it's pretty well studied that people behave less risky if
they think they are being watched.

>> What if you adjust the cameras so they are just out of focus enough to
>> identify who's who?
>
> Well, then we can't see who's in anymore :)

I got that impression that it didn't matter who was there, only that
people were actually there.