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Originally Posted by Jesus.

I see and understand the need for cameras around schools for example, but I don't think calling for better/more CCTV as being anything but a bad thing.

We're already the most watched people in Europe, and probably in the west. We should be trying to curb the abilities of the state to spy on the people, not improve it.

Accidents will always happen, and people will always get beaten up for no good reason, but more cameras with facial recognition is a really dangerous step to take for society.

I think it's only a dangerous thing if you believe the risks outweigh the benefits. CCTV is invaluable when it comes to solving crimes and finding missing people; yes it's possible that CCTV could be abused by people in positions of authority but can't most things in life? In practise, the only people who should be concerned about being tracked on CCTV are people who have a reason to hide - it might be a bit disconcerting to think about being filmed all the time but isn't it worth it for the odd occasion when you do need CCTV footage to help you out - if you've been mugged or injured or you've gone missing... The reality is that it's already everywhere and there haven't been any major misuses of the technology that I know of, so why not update it to something with a better capacity for recording?

Originally Posted by Cherie

Just heard on the news the police believe she fell in the river. Tragic

Oh no...