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Surveillance camera audit service

Offer privacy audits mapping surveillance cameras in urban areas. Recent legal fights show demand for transparency about surveillance networks.

Why now

Growing public concern about surveillance infrastructure creates demand for independent mapping services.

Who for
Privacy advocates, community groups
Business model
Grants, paid audits
Effort
A few months

Communities lack visibility into surveillance camera coverage.

A service combining public records requests, crowdsourcing, and sensor detection to map surveillance cameras with privacy ratings.

Civil liberties groups and neighborhood associations would fund local audits.

Start with manual surveys in one city to prove the model.

Risk: Legal challenges from surveillance companies.

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