“Fifteen months after its pilot program ended, Seattle has yet to agree on its answer to the simple question about bodycams: Whom do they serve?” Do police body cams make for a better police force and a safer society? We think so, but we’re mostly basing that assumption on one study. Do they end up deeply violating the privacy of those they’re intended to protect? We’ve seen examples of that as well. In other words, it’s complicated. From the NYT Mag: Should We See Everything a Cop Sees?

+ The conversation is important. But ultimately, we’re all going to be “on” all the time. From The Atlantic: Half of American Adults Are in Police Facial-Recognition Databases.