Big Brother in the United Kingdom
There are up to 4.2m CCTV cameras in Britain - about one for every 14 people.
But surveillance ranges from US security agencies monitoring telecommunications traffic passing through Britain, to key stroke information used to gauge work rates and GPS information tracking company vehicles, the Report on the Surveillance Society says.
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I knew that the UK had a lot of surveillance cameras in public places, but quite frankly, some of the other things alluded to in this article are very disturbing. Apparently, keystroke loggers are employed at work to determine how hard you are working.
But surveillance ranges from US security agencies monitoring telecommunications traffic passing through Britain, to key stroke information used to gauge work rates and GPS information tracking company vehicles, the Report on the Surveillance Society says.
Read the full story.
I knew that the UK had a lot of surveillance cameras in public places, but quite frankly, some of the other things alluded to in this article are very disturbing. Apparently, keystroke loggers are employed at work to determine how hard you are working.