I don't really like the parallel the title here draws between "big brother" and people filming with their own cameras. The difference between the city having c

I don't really like the parallel the title here draws between "big brother" and people filming with their own cameras. The difference between the city having cameras everywhere and citizens filming is that the city would be recording everything, where citizens with cameras will likely only furnish video of crimes. You aren't being watched all the time, but if you decide to do something like smash a bus window, you deserve to be turned in. It'd be the same as the cameraman serving as a witness, except that they have concrete evidence so they don't even need to appear in court. When I composed this comment, the submission title was: "Little Brother is watching: San Francisco PD relying on citizens with cameras" (which doesn't match the current article title).