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Do you really want a non-sarcastic answer to that? Use some common sense: CCTV cameras aren't ubiquitous. There are gaps in coverage all over the place.
by beedogs 14y ago
Do you really want a non-sarcastic answer to that?
Use some common sense: CCTV cameras aren't ubiquitous. There are gaps in coverage all over the place.
- zepolud 14y agoYou've obviously never visited London.
- zimpenfish 14y agoNah, I reckon there's at least 150yds between my flat and a commute into the centre of London (~8mi) where there's no camera coverage. Possibly even 200yds!
- vidarh 14y agoAnd yet if the police wanted to trace you, they'd face utter hell of figuring out who operates what camera (mostly private businesses monitoring their own premises or immediate surroundings; sometimes local councils or agencies such as TfL; very occasionally a police force), get them to agree to hand over tapes (or get a court order), assuming the tapes have not already been deleted, and that the camera worked at the time. Repeat for pretty much every camera, and fan out every time they can't see you... While we're on camera most of the time in London, we can be pretty confident that the sheer hassle of obtaining footage and cost in processing them keeps the police from abusing it all that much...
- abstrakraft 14y agoUse some common sense: There are gaps in drone coverage all over the place.
- kaolinite 14y agoDrone coverage can adapt and follow specific targets, that's the difference.
- FooBarWidget 14y agoHow do you follow a specific target, if you don't know who the target is until after you've analyzed the recordings?
- krichman 14y agoThe drones have flux capacitors, they are near-infallible machines.
- kaolinite 14y agoAh, yeah, there are gaps in drone coverage in that sense.
- foobarqux 14y agoThey now have drones with a very wild field of view so that you don't need to target the camera anywhere, it just records an entire city from above.
- gaius 14y agoYou forget: London is already tooled up for Case Nightmare Green.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoIn what sense would the drones be ubiquitous?
- DanBC 14y agoYou just add very many more cctv cameras. You don't need total coverage. You just make sure some cameras have calibrated timestamps and automatic number plate recognition. That allows you to build up a sequence of cctv coverage of suspects. The UK has one fifth of installed CCTV in the world. With that many cameras they pretty much are ubiquitous.
- Intermernet 14y agoNot sure how accurate this is, but it seems fairly believable. http://youtu.be/Okk26NOLry8 http://youtu.be/Okk26NOLry8 EDIT: The link above is a Reuters reports (Uploaded in 2011) on London's use of Ipsotek's Tag & Track software (now owned by BAE Systems http://www.baesystems.com/page/BAES_026518 http://www.baesystems.com/page/BAES_026518) EDIT 2: Sorry, apparently not owned by BAE Systems, they're partners.