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DC gym sparks controversy with decision to put cameras in men's locker room | FOX 5 DC

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1y ago

DC gym sparks controversy with decision to put cameras in men's locker room | FOX 5 DC

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1y ago

DC gym sparks controversy with decision to put cameras in men's locker room | FOX 5 DC

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I would cancel my gym membership.
And then discover every other gym is doing the same thing.
So then I figure to hell with it, I'll just exercise at home.
Only to discover my "smart" home gym equipment is also spying on me.
And then Cory Doctorow will step out from behind a curtain and say "I tried to warn you".
- It isn't hard to exercise without fancy gym equipment. Every result you want from equipment can be done with body weight and minimal equipment you can make yourself.
  
  Bodybuilding and powerlifting would like a word.
- Just get dumb bells...
  
  "Please log onto your dumbbell account."
  
  Good idea! A few have already replied!
Why on earth would they put cameras in locker rooms?! That vague “safety and security” Is not going to cut it as an acceptable reason.
This wouldn’t fly as a reason to put cameras in women’s locker room, and it shouldn’t fly as a reason to put on in men’s, either.
- Well they are testing it in men's... I am sure women will need safety and security too!
- I’m assuming there’s either stealing issues, or some form of harassment happening.
  Doesn’t matter, the camera is passive and not going to correct whatever liability concern have; while introducing entirely new liability concerns…
- They probably had some repeated instances of stealing and thought a $2000 security camera setup is cheaper than hiring more staff. I’m assuming they also can’t admit they have an issue with thieves because it could make them look bad?
A good thing to remember when they do things for "safety and security" is that they aren't talking about your safety and security. This is just a liability issue they are trying to avoid while pretending it's for your benefit.
This will 100% not end well. I think we've yet to see even hardened financial / data collection systems be hack-proof. A random gym is not going to safeguard that data and/or monitor it responsibly.
- monitoring of these specific areas will be discrete and only accessible by trained monitoring technicians.
  Sounds like they proved you wrong. /s
  
  trust us bro also sign this ToS with mandatory arbitration including in event of death

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