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Wow. UK surveillance is reaching Black Mirror levels.

by leosanchez 3y ago

brnt 3y ago
CCTV capital of the world for a decade or two was an indication perhaps.
- IshKebab 3y ago
  Anyone that brings up this factoid instantly gives away the true depth of their knowledge. The US and China have over twice as many CCTV cameras per person than the UK does. https://www.precisesecurity.com/articles/top-10-countries-by-number-of-cctv-cameras https://www.precisesecurity.com/articles/top-10-countries-by...
  - itronitron 3y ago
    It would be interesting to do some sort of analysis based on geography and population density. If someone travels 40 kilometers per day as part of their usual routine then more CCTV cameras will be needed to record their activities. Both the US and China are significantly larger than the UK.
  - gambiting 3y ago
    And vast majority of CCTV cameras in the UK are privately owned and are not part of the state surveilance aparattus. Try having your car stolen in London, despite there being several cameras visible on every corner police will tell you(truthfully) that they don't have access to any of them.
    - akomtu 3y ago
      I'm sure if that car had a sticker on it saying where Charles 3 belongs, the police would have suddenly gained access to those cameras and tracked the car with sub-millimeter precision.
      - gambiting 3y ago
        I know, it's weird like that
tokai 3y ago
Reached that years before Black Mirror was a thing. https://flic.kr/p/4iRTN8 https://flic.kr/p/4iRTN8
darkclouds 3y ago
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mickelsen 3y ago
The UK has always had that surveillance state thing wrapped in a friendly "frontend". Cops can visit you in your hometown because they are concerned about your posts or likes on social media, where such content doesn't have to be anything terribly offensive. And everyone ends up processed in their system. Reminds me a bit of Germany, except germans have more checks and balances, and many things like CCTV-everywhere of the UK, just wouldn't be legal there. In both countries, low-level bureaucrats have extensive access to information about individuals, as well as broad attributions on what they can do with it, unlike the much maligned US, where these powers are much more separated.
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Wow. UK surveillance is reaching Black Mirror levels.

brnt 3y ago

CCTV capital of the world for a decade or two was an indication perhaps.

IshKebab 3y ago
Anyone that brings up this factoid instantly gives away the true depth of their knowledge. The US and China have over twice as many CCTV cameras per person than the UK does. https://www.precisesecurity.com/articles/top-10-countries-by-number-of-cctv-cameras https://www.precisesecurity.com/articles/top-10-countries-by...
- itronitron 3y ago
  It would be interesting to do some sort of analysis based on geography and population density. If someone travels 40 kilometers per day as part of their usual routine then more CCTV cameras will be needed to record their activities. Both the US and China are significantly larger than the UK.
- gambiting 3y ago
  And vast majority of CCTV cameras in the UK are privately owned and are not part of the state surveilance aparattus. Try having your car stolen in London, despite there being several cameras visible on every corner police will tell you(truthfully) that they don't have access to any of them.
  - akomtu 3y ago
    I'm sure if that car had a sticker on it saying where Charles 3 belongs, the police would have suddenly gained access to those cameras and tracked the car with sub-millimeter precision.
    - gambiting 3y ago
      I know, it's weird like that

tokai 3y ago

Reached that years before Black Mirror was a thing. https://flic.kr/p/4iRTN8 https://flic.kr/p/4iRTN8

darkclouds 3y ago

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mickelsen 3y ago

The UK has always had that surveillance state thing wrapped in a friendly "frontend". Cops can visit you in your hometown because they are concerned about your posts or likes on social media, where such content doesn't have to be anything terribly offensive. And everyone ends up processed in their system. Reminds me a bit of Germany, except germans have more checks and balances, and many things like CCTV-everywhere of the UK, just wouldn't be legal there. In both countries, low-level bureaucrats have extensive access to information about individuals, as well as broad attributions on what they can do with it, unlike the much maligned US, where these powers are much more separated.

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