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The technology has become popular and widespread, with the result that Britons are by far the most watched people on Earth, with one camera for every fourteen people, according to recent estimates.The trend coincides with a growing culture of snooping in Britain, where speed cameras rule the highway, residents post their own cameras to spy on trespassers, and the favorite TV shows revolve around hidden cameras observing bland people lounging around.Some cameras are being developed with face-recognition technology that raises further alarms.

The technology has become popular and widespread, with the result that Britons are by far the most watched people on Earth, with one camera for every fourteen people, according to recent estimates.

More than four million cameras observe all aspects of life, from town centers to transport systems, office towers to banks, and commercial zones to residential areas.

"One of the great problems of our lives is crime and disorder, and people feel it can be tackled by having cameras on the wall."5 But serious question marks hang over the technology and its dark Orwellian implications.

6 Research meanwhile suggests that the camera systems may not actually deter criminals.

The trend coincides with a growing culture of snooping in Britain, where speed cameras rule the highway, residents post their own cameras to spy on trespassers, and the favorite TV shows revolve around hidden cameras observing bland people lounging around.

Some cameras are being developed with face-recognition technology that raises further alarms.

"Would you be prepared to take down all cameras in the Underground and let terrorists move about without being seen?".