Sunday 12 June 2011

#4 UK citizens are the most surveyed people in the world.

There are up to 4.2 million surveillance cameras in Britain. That averages out to roughly 1 camera for every 14 people! Britain is also the worst country in the Western world at protecting individual privacy. The two worst countries in this regard are Malaysia and China, but Britain makes it to the top five due to its constant surveillance.
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31 comments:

  1. I can't believe china or north korea aren't worse for this :S

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  2. that's really scary :< so much money wasted on spying on people when it could be spent on much more usefull stuff

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  3. China being the worst? Why am I not surprised... But yeah, there are a LOT of surveillance cameras in the UK.

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  4. Loving the blog!

    Decent facts!

    Followed for SURE! :)

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  5. Such is life living in the UK.

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  6. And people in the USA get pissed off at Red Light cameras. We are such assholes.

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  7. what are the crime rates like in such a heavily monitored society?

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  8. i enjoyed it very much mmmm

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  9. All of Europe are heading in that direction. I think it's scary

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  10. Rather that than a higher crime rate.

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  11. Wow it's like being in a reality TV show :O

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  12. There are a lot of cameras here :/ its scary to be honest... a big brother society is just around the corner

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  13. Big Brother is in fact watching it seems :(

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  14. That's really interesting and scary at the same time. Sad we need to be watched to this degree.

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  15. George Orwell's vision is becoming more and more real with each passing year.
    +followed

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  16. interesting facts and great blog, following!

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  17. jokes on you, you guys cant even carry guns

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  18. i saw this somewhere before. remind me not to do anything wrong in public there!

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  19. damn, well i do love being on camera :)

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  20. i learned this from an episode of the simpsons

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  21. wouldnt matter in the usa i guess.

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  22. Do those cameras actually catch criminals?

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