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Authoritarian CCTV cameras in Shenzhen Vs democratic CCTV cameras in London

• happymellon 1y ago
  Heavily monitored London, freedom America. https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-prevalence-cctv-cameras-large-cities.html https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-prevalence-cctv-cameras-... Oh wait, Paris, NYC, SF, Tokyo have more cameras per sq. Km. Narrative.
  • Saline9515 1y ago
    Paris and Seoul are much denser than London. A better measure is the cameras/habitant or the % of coverage. London has 100% coverage for instance.
    • happymellon 1y ago
      > better measure is the cameras/habitant How so? If I have a car lot, I'll have multiple cameras for a tiny area bumping the average camera per person without meaningful results. Sounds like the worst measurement unless you are trying to push a narrative.
      • Saline9515 1y ago
        Large parts if London are just forests, unlike Paris which is one of the densest places on earth. So of course density of population affects camera per sqm: you tend to place more cameras where there are people. This is also why I said that coverage is even a better measure: "what are the odds that I'm being filmed, now".
    • lavezzi 1y ago
      > London has 100% coverage for instance. What? > Large parts if London are just forests What?
  • Aurornis 1y ago
    > Paris, NYC, SF, Tokyo have more cameras per sq. Km You listed extremely dense cities. Of course they have more cameras per square. This isn’t a narrative violation, it’s basic math.
    • happymellon 1y ago
      I think its highly relevant when we have people pushing the faulty logic narrative that the UK is China and using CCTV as a measurement for their case. UK bad because online safety rules, let's ignore US states that already do this. > Don't mind what we are doing, the UK is worse. Not defending the UK, but they aren't the first and you dont get the same inflammatory racist language with other countries.