Surveillance Nation: Austin Library Won't Let You Wear Baseball Caps Because Cameras Can't ID Youfrom the freedom-to-wear-caps deptBy Mike Masnick TechDirt Sep. 28, 2010 |
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JJ sends over the latest news of our surveillance society gone nutty. It seems that the Austin Public Library in Texas has officially decided to ban baseball caps, sunglasses and hoodies. What does that have to do with surveillance? The Austin American-Statesman has the word: The library came up with the rule so that customers can't hide their faces, said Toni Grasso, the libraries' administrative manager in the office of programs and partnerships.As someone who (really, not kidding) frequently goes to my local library wearing all three of these "banned" items, I'm hoping this sort of thing doesn't become a trend. |