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Subject: Re: Most Surveilled Cities in the World
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In article <eba268d597c4046055e56a7c39a8ba6a@www.novabbs.com>,
ltlee1 <ltlee1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>With WSJ headline "How an Assassin Escaped One of the Most Surveilled
>Cities in the World" regarding the escape of a guy who shot and killed
>the CEO of United Health Insurance, I looked up on the Most Surveilled
>Cites in the World.
>
>USnews had one such report:
>
>https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-08-14/the-top-10-most-surveilled-cities-in-the-world
>
>"Big Brother could very well be watching you. Globally there are 770
>million closed-circuit television surveillance cameras in use, according
>to a recent analysis of the world's most surveilled cities by
>Comparitech, a website that provides consumers with information about
>technology.
>
>China is home to nine out of the top 10 most surveilled cities and over
>half (54%) of the cameras in use globally. Taiyuan, the largest city in
>China's Shanxi province, takes the top spot with 465,255 cameras
>covering nearly 3.9 million people – equal to one camera for every eight
>residents.
>
>Beijing, China's capital city of around 20 million people, has the most
>cameras overall, with a total of 1.15 million installed, though less
>cameras per capita than Taiyuan."
>
>Not surprised, the report is misleading. City certainly has people. And
>different cities different population sizes. But cities also come in
>different sizes. Larger cities naturally need more cameras than small
>cites for comparable level of surveillance. US News one-dimensional
>reporting would reinforce the American bias but UNPROFESSIONAL.
>
>Taiyuan city area: 6989 sq. km.
>Beijing city area: 16140 sq. km.
>London city area: 1579 sq. km.

I dislike that kind of intrusion, but it seems necessary.

But just for crime. Not for people who just disagree.