Because actions speak louder than words, one can easily assume that the British populace is completely passive and accepting of the explosion of CCTV surveillance throughout the green and pleasant lands of England. There is some dissent. Witness: Marina Hyde who has an interesting opinion piece in The Guardian.
Marina Hyde: This surveillance onslaught is draconian […]
Sometimes CCTV can prove that someone is innocent. And that the cops framed them.
wcbstv.com - Undercover NYPD Officers Frame 4 On Drug Charges
….The undercover NYPD officers are seen on video dancing in the street, then attempting to frame four innocent men.
“I asked police officer why are you arresting me,” said Maximo Colon. “Never did I […]
The American Library Association has always been a reasoned and reasonable voice for privacy in libraries and the wider community. I was interested to learn they are doing a panel tomorrow at their annual get-together in Anaheim, California entitled “Privacy: Is it time for a revolution“:
Protecting reader privacy and confidentiality has long been an integral […]
According to the Times, some shopping centres in the UK have started using a system that tracks shoppers using the unique signals produced by customers’ mobile phones. The Information Commissioner has cautiously approved the technology:
Shops track customers via mobile phone - Times Online
The surveillance mechanism works by monitoring the signals produced by mobile handsets and […]
Naomi Klein has an interesting piece in the most recent Rolling Stone on the emerging high-technology surveillance state being built in China, with help from some of largest US defence contractors:
China’s All-Seeing Eye : Rolling Stone
… Now, as China prepares to showcase its economic advances during the upcoming Olympics in Beijing, Shenzhen is once again […]
England, well beyond the cutting edge of surveillance, has found a new place to put cameras: in the lollipop-shaped signs used by crossing guards.
Campaign to lick lollipop rage UK news guardian.co.uk
For generations, lollipop men and women have shepherded schoolchildren safely across roads armed only with their trusty signs.
But they are about to undergo a Robocop-style […]
InterGovWorld.com has an extensive article on the Commissioner’s suggestion that reversible faceblurring technology may make the system more palatable. I spoke with the author, Rosie Lombardi, at length on the topic who has done a good job of summing up my take on the topic:
More privacy-boosting technology begets more video surveillance
… A point that’s […]
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Every single Metropolitan police officer will be ‘microchipped’ so top brass can monitor their movements on a Big Brother style tracking scheme, it can be revealed today.
According to respected industry magazine Police Review, the plan - which affects all 31,000 serving officers in the Met, including Sir Ian Blair - is set to […]
