Somehow I missed this earlier in the summer. The powers that be in New York proposed a ban on general photography on subways and buses. Meta-Roj blog has more details and examples of potential terrorism.
I can kind of buy bans on aerial photography of nuclear installations and that type of thing. But banning pictures of the subway? And buses? A would-be terrorist can research those public places any time he or she wants. No need to take photos. Is the government trying to pull a joke on us?
I’m not sure what the current status of this proposal is. It hasn’t been enacted . . . at least not yet. Don’t know if it was dropped or just tabled for now.
This is another government restriction not intended to actually make the public safer, but rather to make people think the government is making them safer. Hopefully people will continue to see through this kind of thing.