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Britain is the World's Surveillance Leader
hax0r_par writes "It seems that in Britain, surveillance on the general public is happening and being recorded 24/7. They are playing the angle that this is allowing for criminal surveillance, which seems justified by the article. But it really is something to take into paranoid consideration now that we've got the technology to make this possible."
No, honestly!!
Brb, someones at the doo....fds.....4.
The secret of success is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake those, you've got it made. (Marx)
your CAPS piss the HELL out of ME.
Having just arrived in London (from Australia), I am amazed at the number of cameras everywhere. The maintenance bill must be horrendous.
The Aussie government would love this level of camera surveillance, but its not feasible - they'd all get stolen in the first week.
I wouldn't assume that it would have done you any good at all - I live in Edinburgh, in an area that's fairly extensively covered with CCTV cameras. On my way to work, I pass through the FOV of at least 5 of them, 3 of which are located in a shopping precinct.
A guy was stabbed to death in said precinct a few months ago, under full view of these cameras. No-one's been caught, because the attackers were using state-of-the-art counter-surveillance devices, known as "Hoodies".
Do prisoners really deserve bars? Whatever next? Nightclubs?
"Britain's gun crime rate has risen since its handgun ban."
Britain's gun crime rate has risen since "Noel Edmonds' multi-coloured swap shop" was taken off the TV. Correlation DOES NOT imply causation, as you well know. Keep your propaganda to yourself, please.
(from a Briton who doesn't want to get shot on a saturday night.)
Exactly!
Just remember this:
"Guns kill people, just like spoons made Rosie Odonnell fat."