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Originally Posted by Catfish
Did you know that the house were Orwell lived, is "secured" by ten cameras recording anyone who comes near? Because, by GCHQ and MIx logic anyone who pays a visit to this house, is suspicious. London is the most surveyed location on earth.
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Not really. There are CCTV cameras nearby, but they're not all for the house. A couple are probably at the house for security purposes, but most are in the streets nearby, and a good deal of them are private cameras installed by shop and house-owners. They can be quite useful, people have a habit of throwing stuff in your garden or vandalising it after a drunken night out, the camera will catch their identity for submission to the police. Or even something as simple as wanting to see who is at the door before you open it can be done through having a camera with a wide angle coverage of your front garden/door.
In 2011, a report published the number of publically owned CCTV cameras at around 33,433 (with another 115,000 on public transport, these are useful for catching abuse of staff or assaults on members of the public, or even just the last known footage of someone before they go missing) and the number of privately owned CCTVs at 1.7 million. That means it's not GCHQ surveilling Britains (although I dare say that they have a fair number of cameras or access to them) but Britains surveilling other Britains.
Is this because people don't think the police can keep them safe? Not really, although that's a question that many will ask, but it's extra evidence to secure a case against someone in a criminal court, it's another reason why dashcams are becoming popular in the UK, if someone tries to insurance scam you by crashing into you, the dashcam footage will be valid and vital evidence in court. Likewise police cameras on their patrol cars produce evidence of criminal actions such as speeding or dangerous driving.
Oh...and this picture?
Fake.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/fo...-o#.vv6OZb5XXk