homer said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/6108496.stm http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/fear-of-crime-makes-uk-most-watched-country-in-europe-561265.html"British people are living in greater fear of crime than any other European nation, an anxiety that is fuelling the massive increase in closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, a two-year study has revealed." "Fears that the UK would "sleep-walk into a surveillance society" have become a reality, the government's information commissioner has said." "We have more CCTV cameras and we have looser laws on privacy and data protection." "There are up to 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people." I assume BBC is a reputable source right? Maybe they are just really good at hiding them? |
Most cameras are not owned by the government though.
I do agree that it's excessive here, although tbh it really doesn't bother me in most places, i'm far more bothered about things like smartphone apps that track you by GPS or apps/websites that collect and/or send information about me than cameras.
Cameras are not a very good method of personal data collection other than to figure out where you are, so ultimately if it got to the point where it was possible to track me by camera from my home to any decently populated area then the camera issue would become a bigger privacy concern than the web.
