Britain is 'surveillance society'

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Already the most intensely-monitored country in the world, Britain is now home to a new generation of closed-circuit television cameras.
From cameras that are attached to 'spy' drones, to talking CCTV, to small wearable camera that offer real-time views Britain is moving further with surveillance technologies. Reuters technology correspondent Matt Cowan reports.
Fears that the UK would "sleep-walk into a surveillance society" have become a reality, the government's information commissioner has said.
Richard Thomas, who said he raised concerns two years ago, spoke after research found people's actions were increasingly being monitored.
Researchers highlight "dataveillance", the use of credit card, mobile phone and loyalty card information, and CCTV.
Monitoring of work rates, travel and telecommunications is also rising.
There are up to 4.5m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people.
But surveillance ranges from US security agencies monitoring telecommunications traffic passing through Britain, to key stroke information used to gauge work rates and GPS information tracking company vehicles, the Report on the Surveillance Society says.
It predicts that by 2016 shoppers could be scanned as they enter stores, schools could bring in cards allowing parents to monitor what their children eat, and jobs may be refused to applicants who are seen as a health risk.
Produced by a group of academics called the Surveillance Studies Network, the report was presented to the 28th International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners' Conference in London, hosted by the Information Commissioner's Office.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/02_11_06_surveillance.pdf
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[urbanrootz]

Well, George Orwell warned us about this...

[MrHamroast]

Britain is completely emasculated. You used to be the most feared empire in the world. Now you are a nanny state.

[Ogasso]

Funny how everyone talked about how Russia was under surveillance when also Britain is. ROFL!

[jowbowcow]

@SirAbdulle The UK still got MORE CRIME than Switzerland. And those cats are free people with the right to bear arms. No Nanny to tell them those toys aren't for them.

Cheers

[SirAbdulle]

@robotica71 "Very little crime is better than capturing no criminals". "They capture very little crime" is a false statment by far too!

They capture A LOT OF CRIME!

Terrorism

Traffic Crimes

Shop lifters

Murders/Murders

The list goes on and on and on...

[SirAbdulle]

surveillance is important

[robotica71]

We have labour to thank for this and now this goverment is abusing it.We do not need these cameras.They capture very little crime and are just a cheap alternative to putting less policeman on the street. and an excuse for cutting there numbers.They do not make you feel safe,just paranoid.

[09SRILANKA]

More cameras please, been great to provide evidence of violence, looting,riots & murder recently in the UK. They havnt just provided evidence but exceptional evidence which will lead to the conviction of many. Let's face it without this evidence it's unlikely there would be a line of witnesses willing to stand up in court to support prosecutions. Hey then everyone could complain that the police were not doing their job & we could moan about this too.. Get a grip people.

[grant11102]

im not scared by this, cctv cameras can be taken down by anyone. it might not be legal but if we (the people) begin to feel these cameras are doing more harm than good then it won be too long before they are ripped from their sockets.

so really im not worried, as history shows the people always truly hold the power.

[plightoftheMany]

Dude, you rich bastards at the top are the minority, stop speaking for us.

[pricture]

I think its needless to say(for anyone who's awake that is) that we cant let these fear-mongering, freedom and humanity hating scumbags move too far with their agenda. However, we should look out for ourselves, it is our only consent that will bring about a monstrous dictatorship.

It's a shame with Britain and the consent of every citizen has allowed their government to install cameras everywhere! Dx

I'm sorry to say, but you all just sleepwalked into to a surveillance society.