News: CCTV footage is being used to study suicide, raising ethical concerns (Australia)

[autumnal]

Saw and thought this might interest some people.

CCTV footage is being used to study suicide, raising ethical concerns - Science - ABC News

 

[throwaway_2620]

I just read the article and as someone who has anxiety, that really worries me. That makes me glad I don't have a smartphone and I thank you for sharing this article. I was thinking of getting myself a smartphone, but after reading the first sentence of this article, I decided not to get one and I'll remember to "act normal" (especially in public) to avoid looking suspicious as well as the prospect of involuntary commitment or a thwarted ctb attempt because the last thing I want is to be involuntarily committed and held in a psych ward against my will. Needless to say, I wish authorities, prolifers and suicide preventionists would respect our privacy and leave us alone.

 

[autumnal]

I just read the article and as someone who has anxiety, that really worries me. That makes me glad I don't have a smartphone and I thank you for sharing this article. I was thinking of getting myself a smartphone, but after reading the first sentence of this article, I decided not to get one and I'll remember to "act normal" (especially in public) to avoid looking suspicious as well as the prospect of involuntary commitment or a thwarted ctb attempt because the last thing I want is to be involuntarily committed and held in a psych ward against my will. Needless to say, I wish authorities, prolifers and suicide preventionists would respect our privacy and leave us alone.

My impression was that the technique simply analyses CCTV footage with a computer to automatically detect people who are loitering at suicide locations or reappearing in suspicious patterns. I think the opening paragraph about smartphones was just a segue rather than anything relevant to the technique.