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My overall, fact-less impression is that the UK has already cast a pretty wide public surveillance net. They don't seem to be actually using it for enforcing an
by Jare 13y ago
My overall, fact-less impression is that the UK has already cast a pretty wide public surveillance net. They don't seem to be actually using it for enforcing anything, however. I don't think I would blink twice if it turns out they have a PRISM-like operation going on.
- mbesto 13y agoCCTV runs like mad across the UK. Well at least London. Almost every street corner here has a CCTV vid cam on it.
- mixedbit 13y agoRight: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bansky_one_nation_under_cctv.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bansky_one_nation_un...
- vidarh 13y agoThe vast majority of CCTV in the UK is privately owned, not networked and most of it is not watched live, or ever unless something actually happens. The police often ignores CCTV because figuring out who controls which cameras and whether or not they were working, and if so how to get the footage can be too time consuming to be worth it. So while I can't say I like the amount of CCTV here, it's a lot less sinister than portrayed. Now, some parts of central London is very well covered by live, monitored CCTV, though.