Traffic cameras are publicly available in London. The first thing I used to do when coming to the office each morning was to look myself up in the traffic cameras along my journey (historic footage is also publicly available).
What the actual fuck. This is actually frightening. I can watch anyone, anywhere, anytime in London, anonymously, without them knowing? I guess I have to add yet another city to my never-visit-again list. No wonder schizophrenia is more common in developed countries, you ARE being watched.
Remember that this is still 2022. People think there's no privacy anymore, but in a few decades we are going to look back and wish we could go back. Of course these are public spaces where privacy has never _truly_ existed, but having cameras transmitting your every step to anyone with internet access is chilling.
Many state department of transportation groups in the US have camera on roadways all alone their respective state online. They're usually fairly low res, probably to reduce costs and data as they only need to check traffic flow, but they're often public. Check your states DOT website and look for traffic, there could be a treasure trove of cameras.
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Traffic cameras are publicly available in London. The first thing I used to do when coming to the office each morning was to look myself up in the traffic cameras along my journey (historic footage is also publicly available).
What the actual fuck. This is actually frightening. I can watch anyone, anywhere, anytime in London, anonymously, without them knowing? I guess I have to add yet another city to my never-visit-again list. No wonder schizophrenia is more common in developed countries, you ARE being watched.
Remember that this is still 2022. People think there's no privacy anymore, but in a few decades we are going to look back and wish we could go back. Of course these are public spaces where privacy has never _truly_ existed, but having cameras transmitting your every step to anyone with internet access is chilling.
It's not surprising, but I find very cute the fact that the further you are from the center the older the security cameras are.
Many state department of transportation groups in the US have camera on roadways all alone their respective state online. They're usually fairly low res, probably to reduce costs and data as they only need to check traffic flow, but they're often public. Check your states DOT website and look for traffic, there could be a treasure trove of cameras.
Do you know why it's just London?
It isn’t just London, but I think London has the most traffic cameras in the city center. Other UK cities seem to have them mostly on the highways.