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title: 'AI Surveillance at Hansaplatz'
summary: |
  Hansaplatz, near Hamburg Central Station, is the AI surveillance laboratory of the city. The Hamburg Police is experimenting with behavior recognition. Using a Fraunhofer Institute stick figure AI, passers-by were "digitally skinned" and analyzed. During this surveillance walk, we take a closer look at this project and demand the city stop this surveillance.

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Hansaplatz, near Hamburg Central Station, is the AI surveillance laboratory of the city. The Hamburg Police is experimenting with behavior recognition. Using a Fraunhofer Institute stick figure AI, passers-by were "digitally skinned" and analyzed. During this surveillance walk, we take a closer look at this project and demand the city stop this surveillance.

![](https://pad.hamburg.ccc.de/uploads/179c2b22-24c1-48a6-a00c-e8cd9835e8dc.png)

## Details
* Day 2 (28.12.) **18:00 hours**
* Duration: 1,5 hours
* Cost: free of charge (**no ticket necessary**)
* Language: German
* Accessibility: limited. We recommend to travel to Hansaplatz directly and with enough spare time, since the elevators at Dammtor and Hauptbahnhof habe limited capacity.
* Meet at the Hackertours Desk: **18:00 hours**.
  * Alternatively, you can come to the location directly. We are meeting at Heidi-Kabel-Platz at 18:15, directly at the central station (Hauptbahnhof), then we will be walking over to Hansaplatz at 18:30.
* Location: Hansaplatz
* Operator: CCC Hansestadt Hamburg e.V.