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MD: MTA recording bus conversations to eavesdrop on trouble

Posted on October 18, 2012 by pogowasright.org

Candy Thomson reports:

A Maryland Transit Administration decision to record the conversations of bus drivers and passengers to investigate crimes, accidents and poor customer service has come under attack from privacy advocates and state lawmakers who say it may go too far.

The first 10 buses — marked with signs to alert passengers to the open microphones — began service this week in Baltimore, and officials expect to expand that to 340 buses, about half the fleet, by next summer. Microphones are incorporated in the video surveillance system that has been in place for years.

Read more on The Baltimore Sun.

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1 thought on “MD: MTA recording bus conversations to eavesdrop on trouble”

  1. Crosstown says:
    November 4, 2012 at 11:42 pm

    I drove a transit bus in NYC for thirty years. My conversations with customers were nobody’s business. It’s a terrible idea.

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