I recently came across a site that at first glance seemed very positive Big Brother Watch a site dedicated to fighting big brother the nanny state in general a fine principle. However they do seem to have that childish even hypocritical blind spot I often see in American politics in that they are unable to recognise the difference between public and private.
If you believe that CCTV in public is an invasion of privacy then you must also believe that people being able to see you with their own eyeballs in public is an invasion of your privacy. Ultimately how is this different from having a lot more police on the streets or someone reporting a crime they see happen in person? The only difference I see is that CCTV is more reliable as evidence whereas a skilful and deceitful lawyer can shred the best eyewitness testimony.
Also on the same site they have this article that is in favour of companies placing tracking cookies onto computers without asking, now that is Big Brother.
It’s this contradictory behaviour that means they end up looking as stupid as those green protestors who protested against the most fuel efficient ship in the world because it was also the biggest. Protest against genuine invasions of privacy not CCTV in a public place and don’t be in favour of genuine invasions of privacy as you cannot be taken seriously and end up looking like a plant to make Pro privacy advocates look bad and as a result Big Brother Watch, sadly can not be taken seriously.
If you believe that CCTV in public is an invasion of privacy then you must also believe that people being able to see you with their own eyeballs in public is an invasion of your privacy. Ultimately how is this different from having a lot more police on the streets or someone reporting a crime they see happen in person? The only difference I see is that CCTV is more reliable as evidence whereas a skilful and deceitful lawyer can shred the best eyewitness testimony.
Also on the same site they have this article that is in favour of companies placing tracking cookies onto computers without asking, now that is Big Brother.
It’s this contradictory behaviour that means they end up looking as stupid as those green protestors who protested against the most fuel efficient ship in the world because it was also the biggest. Protest against genuine invasions of privacy not CCTV in a public place and don’t be in favour of genuine invasions of privacy as you cannot be taken seriously and end up looking like a plant to make Pro privacy advocates look bad and as a result Big Brother Watch, sadly can not be taken seriously.
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