http://www.onmedica.com/BlogView.aspx?blogid=1ea68777-be82-4176-a30f-b7c02b4b02e4&postid=aa3b0708-1276-4074-9af5-f7e8cfa10a10
"...According to the film makers the UK is now one of the most advanced surveillance societies in the world, ranked third after Russia and China, with the average UK adult registered on over 700 databases and caught daily on one of 4 million CCTV cameras...."
11.3.10
An Eye on the Surveillance Society
Part I, Nothing to Fear, coming soon to RelevantBCN, High Wire, and this blog.
Council could prosecute over anti-CCTV stickers
(from This is Local London)
COUNCIL chiefs said ‘big brother’ campaigners who leave anti-CCTV stickers on camera poles could be prosecuted.
Wycombe District Council commented after the Big Brother Watch group published a photograph of one of its stickers on a pole in Frogmoor.
petty, no? especially when taking into account the eyesores that are the signs reminding us of our place in this surveillance state.
so the council says the stickers are a form of vandalism, or something along those lines. the sticker is dwarfed by the other surveillance-oriented signs on the pole. the sticker is a symbol of free speech.
ARrrr
COUNCIL chiefs said ‘big brother’ campaigners who leave anti-CCTV stickers on camera poles could be prosecuted.
Wycombe District Council commented after the Big Brother Watch group published a photograph of one of its stickers on a pole in Frogmoor.
petty, no? especially when taking into account the eyesores that are the signs reminding us of our place in this surveillance state.
so the council says the stickers are a form of vandalism, or something along those lines. the sticker is dwarfed by the other surveillance-oriented signs on the pole. the sticker is a symbol of free speech.
ARrrr
More cameras, please...
London Underground.
800 tube jobs to be axed (The Press Association)
"The number of CCTV cameras is set to increase by 2,000 to 14,000 over the next few years and the number of police patrolling the network has risen from 450 to more than 700, managers said. LU said the proposals, including the job cuts, reflected the "huge success" of the pre-paid Oyster card, which now accounts for around 80% of Tube journeys...."
800 tube jobs to be axed (The Press Association)
"The number of CCTV cameras is set to increase by 2,000 to 14,000 over the next few years and the number of police patrolling the network has risen from 450 to more than 700, managers said. LU said the proposals, including the job cuts, reflected the "huge success" of the pre-paid Oyster card, which now accounts for around 80% of Tube journeys...."
Expect the drones to swarm on Britain in time for 2012 (The Guardian)
"Spy planes are no longer limited to military use. They already fly over UK cities, and are likely to flock over the Olympics.
There was embarrassment last week for Merseyside police when it emerged that they had been using drones – small, unmanned spy planes fitted with cameras – without a licence. Officially known as UAVs or unmanned aerial vehicles, they are already deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, but were first modified for civilian purposes in Los Angeles in 2006..."
U.K. Trash Bins Secretly Implanted with Microchips (The New American)
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/world-mainmenu-26/europe-mainmenu-35/3089-uk-trash-bins-secretly-implanted-with-microchips
"Not content with the constant video surveillance of her subjects, Her Majesty’s government has now begun monitoring their rubbish, as well. According to information obtained by the pro-privacy group, Big Brother Watch, various councils (local municipal governments) have surreptitiously planted 2.6 million of the microchips in the garbage bins of unsuspecting Britons..."
mmm...??
"Not content with the constant video surveillance of her subjects, Her Majesty’s government has now begun monitoring their rubbish, as well. According to information obtained by the pro-privacy group, Big Brother Watch, various councils (local municipal governments) have surreptitiously planted 2.6 million of the microchips in the garbage bins of unsuspecting Britons..."
mmm...??
CASH REWARDS FOR VOLUNTEER cctv OPERATORS WHO SPOT THE MOST CRIMES
...:...
http://www.no-cctv.org.uk/blog/internet_eyes_and_the_privitisation_of_the_surveillance_society.htm
http://www.no-cctv.org.uk/blog/internet_eyes_and_the_privitisation_of_the_surveillance_society.htm
"A UK surveillance company is planning to launch an online CCTV watching website that could herald the privatisation of the surveillance state. 'Internet Eyes' will ask volunteers to watch random CCTV feeds of UK businesses subscribed to the service with the promise of cash rewards for viewers that spot the most crimes. This is a private company asking private individuals to spy on each other using private CCTV cameras..."
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