Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Is China Now Going Security Camera Crazy?


China Installed More Than 60 Security Cameras On One Street Light -- Gizmodo

Paranoid much, China? Cause it sure as hell looks like it when you have more than sixty security cameras strapped onto a single street light. This photograph, taken at an intersection in Shanghai by NetEase, hilariously captures the personal privacy be damned, big brother monster attitude that everyone imagines China to have. It's perfect, really.

Hug China says that these cameras are hovering like pigeons over a street light in Shanghai's Baoshan District. Originally "only" 24 cameras were installed at the intersection, but an extra 36 were added, presumably because they didn't have room for 37. For the record, the company who installed the cameras says that they're there to monitor traffic flow. Mmhmm.

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Update #1: Humor: Check Out the Traffic Cam Overkill at this Chinese Street Light -- PetaPixel
Update #2: Crazy Photo Appears To Show 60 Security Cameras On One Intersection In China -- Business Insider

My Comment: This is the eventual future for our surveillance society .... so get use to it because no one is stopping it.

2 comments:

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This is crazy. I didn’t get to know what will happen with installing so many cameras at the same position.
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