@mullvadnet is it CCTV? Or a webcam. One of them isn't publicly accessible with script kiddy tools and is only looked at if there is a problem or a crime. The other is an invasion of public privacy. (We have a right to exist in the public without being surveiled and logged by an algorithm 24/7.)

CCTVs that are a closed system with no internet access around a public business are not a problem. A closed system around a city or county is.

@nowayeast @mullvadnet That’s all well and good until you get someone in office who decides to weaponize the CCTV network against his political enemies.

What do you suppose Trump would do with a CCTV network as extensive as the UK’s? I can imagine, and it’s *not* pretty.

(Edit: never mind, I see you were referring to private business-run CCTV cameras, not state-sponsored surveillance networks. So we’re in agreement!)