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Being from the UK: It's a bit unseemly. Mind your own fucking business. Get permission. Don't be a twat... etc

• nitrogen 11y ago
  It's interesting that this attitude persists in the face of (what we in the US are led to believe is) omnipresent Big Brother CCTV.
  • monk_e_boy 11y ago
    There is a lot of CCTV, but we also talk a lot about privacy. The argument "If you've got nothing to hide why do you shit with the door closed?" is pretty common here. We generally don't point CCTV at someone's house, and those CCTV that DO point at private property are usually dealt with quickly. After a complaint the police will just tell you to point it somewhere else. They are for protection, not for spying.
  • switch007 11y ago
    We didn't ask for or agree to that CCTV. Mega corporations installing CCTV all over London does not mean the British people are OK with being filmed 24/7.
• hammock 11y ago
  >Being from the UK: It's a bit unseemly. Mind your own fucking business. Does that apply to the 5.9 million surveillance cameras located in the UK? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10172298/One-surveillance-camera-for-every-11-people-in-Britain-says-CCTV-survey.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10172298/One-surveilla...
  • M2Ys4U 11y ago
    CCTV is one step removed from a human so the taboo isn't felt (as strongly)
  • monk_e_boy 11y ago
    I replied to this question below. But I'd like to add that I'm not sure where the 5.5 million comes from. Where I live I spend 99.99% of my time NOT under CCTV surveillance. There is CCTV in town centres and in cities, but these are very public places. There is also CCTV in shopping centres and outside some houses, but not that much and most of it is to stop crime, not to spy.