THE UK Civilian Surveillance Thread (merged)

Magus

Gvil · Tar Sands Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 31

It's fool's day! LOL
Razz

Dreamtwister · Fission Joined: Feb 06, 2006 Posts: 2297

First thing I did was check the date on the article.
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Magus

"April 1st: This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three-hundred and sixty-four." — Mark Twain

Happy Fool's Day! Razz

mattduke · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Oct 28, 2005 Posts: 1546

NYTimes

pstarr

stupid wankers. socialist dependents can screw off with inpunity.

Cars are dangerous weapons and the right to operate is granted and licensed by the community, as are conditions for use. Including those cameras.
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The_Toecutter · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Jun 18, 2005 Posts: 1736

I don't know about Great Britain, but in the early 1900s in the U.S., mobility was recognized as a right, even if it was by an automobile. The courts now often ignore these cases, given their inherent biases against individual freedom and towards bureacratic authority and control.

These cameras are a blatant violation of privacy. What is interesting is that a helium-neon laser of at least 5 mW, no more than 4 mm diameter, and no attenuation could burn a permanent white spot into the cameras. If only more people knew this...

The engineer that blew the camera apart should have stolen its remains. Might be able to scrap some nice components from it.
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DesertBear2

ARRGH!

I've been blinded!

Lokutus · Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 10:04 pm Post subject: Britain = Surveillance Society

[quote=.]LONDON (AFP) - Britain is becoming a "surveillance society," where CCTV cameras, credit card analysis and travel movements are used to track people's lives minute by minute, a report suggested.

The 140-page document, produced by academic group the Surveillance Studies Network, warns that people's lives will be monitored even more in the next decade by the government, the public sector, employers and big business.

Britain is ranked bottom of the democratic Western world and alongside Russia for its record on protecting individual privacy in a table published Thursday by Privacy International, a human rights watchdog.

There are up to 4.2 million CCTV (closed-circuit television) cameras -- about one for every 14 people or nearly 10 percent of those around the world -- with ever-more sophisticated technology.

Every person is caught on camera about 300 times each day.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061102/wl_uk_afp/britainsecuritycctv_061102190511[/quote]

I have known this for about a year now. If I were a Brit I'd start walking around in public with a paper bag over my head.

What could they do?

Arrest me?

Maybe it would start a trend? Imagine thousands of people peacefully protesting in this manner.
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Lokutus

Any Brits here will to start this fad?
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EnergyUnlimited · Fusion Joined: May 15, 2006 Posts: 3392

Lokutus

If you can be arrested for wearing a brown paper bag over your head with a smilie face, then it's time for a revolution.
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Grifter

Kylon · Expert Joined: Aug 12, 2005 Posts: 803

Perhaps you should move to another country.

EnergyUnlimited · Fusion Joined: May 15, 2006 Posts: 3392