Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I’m a Photographer, not a Terrorist
Mass Gathering in defence of street photography
To the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse (terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, and child pornographers), governments worldwide are now attempting to add a fifth – the photographer. Be informed; a good place to start is The Register:
- Police snapper silliness reaches new heights
- Lord Carlile: Police are taking the proverbial on terror
- Police, Cameras, Pixellation
- Too-tall terror snapper stopped by cops again
- Kent Police clamp down on tall photographers
- El Reg Street View snappers caught on camera
- New terror guidelines on photography
- No snapping: Photographers get collars felt
- So, what can you photograph?
- The war on photographers – you’re all al Qaeda suspects now
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase from the Roman poet Juvenal,
which literally translates to “Who will guard the guards themselves?”,
and is variously translated in colloquial English as “Who watches the
watchmen?”, “Who watches the watchers?”, “Who will guard the
guardians?”, “Who shall watch the watchers?”, “Who polices the police?”
or other similar translations.
Recommended reading: Schneier on Security
Tags: lord carlile, who watches the watchmen, photographers, four horsemen, kidnappers
