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Britain is the World's Surveillance Leader

Posted by michael on from the it's-good-to-be-the-best dept.

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."

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  1. Oh brother... by TheWingThing · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If one of these cameras tape what happens in your bedroom, and both you and your gf think "big brother is watching", does that make you both siblings, and you're commiting incest, and big brother can put you in jail for that?

  2. Privacy not an issue for most by otisg · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just a week ago I spoke to a friend of mine about this. He lives in Kent, UK. He explained that cameras are there because of IRA (at least that is the explanation). I asked about whether people have privacy issues with cameras, and apparently most people do not. I guess if you are not misbehaving, there is nothing to hide, nothing to fear.

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    Simpy
  3. Re:The cameras aren't necessarily the right way by dosun88888 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Six weeks ago I got slashed in the face by a guy with a knife on Chalk Farm Road, in Camden.

    I chased him about 600 meters but he ran into a dark council estate and was not that stupid, the guy still had a knife/friends and I had neither.


    This isn't making much sense to me.

    Did the guy sneak up on you, slash your face, and then run away?

    Did he rob you, then slash your face, and you decided to chase after him?

    Did you assault the guy, get cut by him, and then continue the pursuit?

    The first option makes no sense but explains the chase. The second option makes no sense because I don't see why he wouldn't just cut you up some more instead of running. The third option makes no sense because if you assaulted the guy you wouldn't go get the police.

    Surely the story is none of "our" business anyhow, but in this case the parts you left out make it sound like a ridiculous circumstance.

    'tis but a scratch!

    ~D