Photos: Video cameras keep watch in London

This desktop monitor shows four views of the Millennium Wheel (also known as the London Eye). The special operations room is believed to be the largest of its kind.

The pervasiveness of the cameras is just one of a number of reasons that the United Kingdom has been identified as an "endemic surveillance society" by U.K.-based Privacy International and the U.S.-based Electronic Privacy Information Center. The two groups late last week released their annual privacy ranking of nations around the world; others in the "endemic" category, among the 47 countries listed, include the U.S., Russia, China, and Malaysia. Other factors include a forthcoming identity scheme expected "to be the most invasive in the world," EPIC and Privacy International wrote, along with "hundreds of thousands of requests from government agencies to telecommunications providers for traffic data."

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Sure, And When They Implant You: With a chip for purchasing and monitoring your every move and call it safety for the sake of "terrorism", I'm sure you'll give up your freedoms for that too.... (Read the rest); Posted by: itanalyst Posted on: 01/03/08 You are currently: Logged In | Log out