Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order> Police Department signed an agreement with Amazon's home surveillance equipment company, Ring, in 2019 to gain special access to the company's Neighbors app this is the most scary part.
If they've decided to classify body cams as "surveillance" --- and, fair enough, I guess --- then really all they're going to need long term is an atlas of every law enforcement agency in the country.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 599
- Total comments
- 210
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-13 | Atlas of SurveillanceFirst breakout · Best thread | anigbrowl | 386 | 134 |
| 2021-12-08 | Atlas of Surveillance | jonbaer | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-12-14 | Atlas of Surveillance | walterbell | 24 | 0 |
| 2023-10-13 | Atlas of Surveillance: Documenting Police Tech in Our CommunitiesLatest 20+ point return | freedomben | 183 | 76 |
| 2025-02-17 | Atlas of Surveillance: Documenting Police Tech in Our CommunitiesHall induction | dnlserrano | 3 | 0 |
| 2025-03-07 | Atlas of Surveillance | nobody9999 | 2 | 0 |