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Comment by MaxPock

9 days ago

Authoritarian CCTV cameras in Shenzhen Vs democratic CCTV cameras in London

Heavily monitored London, freedom America.

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-06-prevalence-cctv-cameras-...

Oh wait, Paris, NYC, SF, Tokyo have more cameras per sq. Km. Narrative.

  • > Paris, NYC, SF, Tokyo have more cameras per sq. Km

    You listed extremely dense cities. Of course they have more cameras per square.

    This isn’t a narrative violation, it’s basic math.

    • I think its highly relevant when we have people pushing the faulty logic narrative that the UK is China and using CCTV as a measurement for their case.

      UK bad because online safety rules, let's ignore US states that already do this.

      > Don't mind what we are doing, the UK is worse.

      Not defending the UK, but they aren't the first and you dont get the same inflammatory racist language with other countries.

  • Paris and Seoul are much denser than London. A better measure is the cameras/habitant or the % of coverage. London has 100% coverage for instance.

    • > better measure is the cameras/habitant

      How so? If I have a car lot, I'll have multiple cameras for a tiny area bumping the average camera per person without meaningful results. Sounds like the worst measurement unless you are trying to push a narrative.

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    • > London has 100% coverage for instance.

      What?

      > Large parts if London are just forests

      What?