On: Has the US become the type of nation from which you have to seek asylum?

[vidarh]

The vast majority of CCTV in the UK is privately owned, not networked and most of it is not watched live, or ever unless something actually happens. The police often ignores CCTV because figuring out who controls which cameras and whether or not they were working, and if so how to get the footage can be too time consuming to be worth it.

So while I can't say I like the amount of CCTV here, it's a lot less sinister than portrayed.

Now, some parts of central London is very well covered by live, monitored CCTV, though.