...in the UK at least.
A report has been filed that the collection of all sorts of data in the UK is beginning to be frightingly common.
That covers not only CCTV (4.2 millions of cameras exist, that's 1 for 14 people!), but also credit cards, mobile phones, club cards... That data is obviously used for "fighting terrorrism", but also for commercial use, in order to define our consuming habits... Nothing private here...
And those surveillance techniques are foreseen to be used more and more in the near future.
How far are we from the thought police, then?
Original article (in French)
An extended article gives a bit more details here.
That could include putting tiny cameras in the street lights at man's height, to photograph anybody that would pass... It's very scary...
I'll try and search an English version on the BBC website...
Here it is!
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