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Yes quite low compared to London but London has been actively adding cameras for 20 years. And Serbia doesnt have the checks and balances at the government leve

Yes quite low compared to London but London has been actively adding cameras for 20 years. And Serbia doesnt have the checks and balances at the government level to control the usage and rollouts. As the article states, there isnt even any laws in place that determine how the footage can be used. Pair that with the fact that the current regime has a stranglehold on the country controlling the narrative at every corner, and you can see why there is such a great concern. I have friends who recently moved from Serbia and they say the overall situation has been getting progressively worse in the last 5-10 years. People are generally more frustrated and tense in everyday life.

Shivetya 6y ago
Pales even next to NYC which is aiming to have 2000+ cameras just for generating traffic ticket revenue and these are just part of the NYPD Domain Awareness System[0]. The wikipedia article does a good job of defining the scale of it. People just don't get it. The observation has been here for years if not decades, its only because similar technology is available to the general public that we are now just beginning to understand how little privacy we have and how much government is watching and recording. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Awareness_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Awareness_System
- reaperducer 6y ago
  Pales even next to NYC which is aiming to have 2000+ cameras just for generating traffic ticket revenue About ten years ago, the Chicago Police Department was bragging about having 30,000 cameras on the streets. God knows how many there are now.
baybal2 6y ago
> And Serbia doesnt have the checks and balances at the government level to control the usage and rollouts. Does have UK, or US?
- DanBC 6y ago
  Yes, although it's arguable how effective they are. We have RIPA and the Data Protection Act, and we have the surveillance camera commissioner. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/surveillance-camera-commissioner https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/surveillance-cam... See eg the latest report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/895179/Surveillance_Camera_Commissioner_-_annual_report_2018_to_2019__web_accessible_.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

Shivetya 6y ago

Pales even next to NYC which is aiming to have 2000+ cameras just for generating traffic ticket revenue and these are just part of the NYPD Domain Awareness System[0]. The wikipedia article does a good job of defining the scale of it. People just don't get it. The observation has been here for years if not decades, its only because similar technology is available to the general public that we are now just beginning to understand how little privacy we have and how much government is watching and recording. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Awareness_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Awareness_System

reaperducer 6y ago
Pales even next to NYC which is aiming to have 2000+ cameras just for generating traffic ticket revenue About ten years ago, the Chicago Police Department was bragging about having 30,000 cameras on the streets. God knows how many there are now.

baybal2 6y ago

> And Serbia doesnt have the checks and balances at the government level to control the usage and rollouts. Does have UK, or US?

DanBC 6y ago
Yes, although it's arguable how effective they are. We have RIPA and the Data Protection Act, and we have the surveillance camera commissioner. https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/surveillance-camera-commissioner https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/surveillance-cam... See eg the latest report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/895179/Surveillance_Camera_Commissioner_-_annual_report_2018_to_2019__web_accessible_.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...