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It must be nice to live in a country that gives even 1 single shit about your privacy.

• noman-land 2y ago
  The UK is one of the most surveiled nations in the world.
  • fredski42 2y ago
    over 942,562 CCTV cameras are in operation across London alone.. https://www.tnssolutions.co.uk/post/how-much-of-london-is-covered-by-cctv https://www.tnssolutions.co.uk/post/how-much-of-london-is-co...
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    • fanatic2pope 2y ago
      One camera for every ten people, vs in the USA that (in 2019/2020) had 1 camera for every 4 people. https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21002515/surveillance-cameras-globally-us-china-amount-citizens https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21002515/surveillance-cam...
  • thisislife2 2y ago
    Something that most Americans perhaps don't get in this debate on privacy - the rest of the world actually cares more about surveillance capitalism by private mega-corps vs the personal / national security oriented government surveillance.
• pr337h4m 2y ago
  Certainly not the UK: https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/10/uks-secret-apple-icloud-backdoor-order-is-a-global-emergency-say-critics/ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/10/uks-secret-apple-icloud-ba... Here's a nice quote from the former (2019-2023) UK Defense Secretary: "well for one the people who love encryption most are pedophiles." https://x.com/BenWallace70/status/1892972120818299199 https://x.com/BenWallace70/status/1892972120818299199