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Dutch Artists Celebrate George Orwell’s Birthday By Putting Party Hats On Surveillance Cameras

Dutch artist duo Front404 decorated security cameras with party hats in one of the Netherland’s largest cities to celebrate George Orwell’s 110th birthday.On Tuesday, surveillance cameras in the center of the city of Utrecht were decorated with colorful

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[fluffydragon]

I feel like the icon needs something..

[clevermanka]

Disco blinking, maybe?

[fluffydragon]

oooh.. I like that idea. I'll see if I have time to do an animated one later

[ducttapeninja]

Confetti!

[anolinde]

Damn, that's a lot of security cameras... are they all over the place in US cities, too, or is this more of a Netherlands/European thing?

/naive

[redstar826]

I think the big question would be if the information the cameras collect is used ethically and what oversights exist to make sure that material from the cameras that has no relationship to catching criminals is not leaked to the public. What I mean is, using the cameras to catch a robber makes sense to me. But what happens if someone is looking through the video and they find something that could be embarrassing but isn't actually illegal?

[castalianspring]

Last I heard, the UK had 20% of the world's CCTV cameras (and make up only 1% of the world's population). I wonder if the balance has shifted at all.

[thelpme]

I love this story. It's clever and a non in-your-face way to make people notice. We passively go through the day and I'm sure don't notice half the cameras that are actually on us. Whether you agree or disagree with having the cameras isn't important in this piece, what's important is that we stay vigilant and don't turn into the blissfully ignorant.

[romp]

This

[i_llbedammned]

Pretty much took the words out of my mouth.

[romp]

This is delightful! Whimsical reminder to stay aware.