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mark occomore · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK

A senior police officer has said he fears the spread of CCTV cameras is leading to "an Orwellian situation".

Deputy chief constable of Hampshire Ian Readhead said Britain could become a surveillance society with cameras on every street corner.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6673579.stm

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Could become? I would have thought it became a big brother society years ago.

Lord Evan Elpuss · Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land

People should have started worrying about that about 10 years ago, when this was still in it's infancy. I fear it's already here now. An alternative national anthem for the UK would be Rockwell's 'Somebody's Watching Me'.
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gfloyd · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:26 am Post subject:

There arent enough people to watch everybody. Think about it. 60m people to be watched. If we took 3 shifts of 8 hour days and factored in holiday leave & other absences, "they" would need about 200m people to keep "us" watched all the time. Laughing

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Behind Geddon's Wall · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:54 am Post subject:

I'm doing nothing wrong, so I'm not bothered.
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AndyAndy2 · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 7:55 am Post subject:

Hey, look it tackles crime, takes the drug pushers from our streets and that'a ok in my book. I really don't think operators are sitting there thinking "what the heck is he wearing!", "Hey look at her on her phone".

I think they're more looking out for the criminal element....hopefully!
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Cherskiy · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:23 am Post subject:

Granted, but there's also evidence to suggest the problems just move to areas which don't fall under the CCTV umbrella. The only solution, therefore, would to have cameras everywhere....

"We are the dead...." - Winston Smith, "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
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gfloyd · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 11:52 am Post subject:

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