UK Privacy Under Attack, Again – Welcome to Big Brother 2.0

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The UK is widely known to be one of the most surveilled countries in the world.  According to The Daily Mail “There are already 4.2million cameras trained on the public.”

Now, The Daily Mail is reporting on new technology that promises to take terrifying new steps towards become a full police-state complete with Dream Police and Tendency Indicators:

“CCTV cameras which can ‘predict’ if a crime is about to take place are being introduced on Britain’s streets. The cameras can alert operators to suspicious behaviour, such as loitering and unusually slow walking. Anyone spotted could then have to explain their behaviour to a police officer.”

Someday people will wonder if it was worth trading in their privacy rights for a false sense of security but by then it will be far too late.

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