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And, yes, I DO take it personally: In Britain, an average person is caught on camera up to 300 times a day
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Friday, October 19, 2007

In Britain, an average person is caught on camera up to 300 times a day


THEY'RE WATCHING: A wall of video monitors
images from closed circuit television
CCTV) installed in central London.
Britain has the highest number of CCTV
cameras -- about one for every 14 people.


smile... wave...
By some estimates, 4.2 million CCTV cameras, or one for every 15 people, quietly, and sometimes not so quietly, monitor the comings and goings of almost everyone -- an average person is caught on camera up to 300 times a day.

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