Extracting video and audio from used police body cam
Ethically, it’s inappropriate to post some of these photos without blurring identifying details that are not material to the newsworthiness at hand.<p>We <i>don’t</i> need to see the officers’ unblurred faces to confirm that these were successfully extracted from a random eBay purchase, as their precise identities are not relevant to the story.<p>We <i>do</i> need to see the cop cruiser unblurred, because that’s materially relevant to the story and serves as likely (but not certain) evidence of the source of the images.<p>We <i>don’t</i> need to see the exterior shot of someone random person’s house, because that could result in their location being identified and the press mobbing them pointlessly.<p>We <i>do</i> need to see the safe interior shot of someone’s house, that doesn’t reveal any identifying information, since that protects their identity while supporting the story at hand.