Quote Originally Posted by GGT View Post
Edit---how did the UK manage to install "surveillance cameras" practically everywhere, while convincing the British public it was for "their own good"?
Because they work. Don't have figures to hand but I believe most security cameras are privately owned not publicly. The Police can then ask permission to review the coverage but I'd never run a business nowadays with any security details without them. CCTV has come in handy far too many times and stopped/caught a surprising amount of theft.

I used to have philosophical 1984-style concerns but frankly CCTV works.