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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. In a thoroughly scientific survey... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ... of most people I know here, almost all are wildly in favour of CCTV in public places.

    Also, if images are recorded digitally (rather than on magnetic tape) you're entitled to request copies of all scenes you appear in, due to the Data Protection Act.