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Bennyboy

(10,440 posts) Sat Aug 3, 2013, 12:30 PM Aug 2013

if the government (all levels) is watching everything we do [View all]

who exactly is doing the watching? And who is paying for this huge new surveillance system? My city has cameras all over the place. Someone has to be watching them, right? The cameras at the airport, city hall, the courthouse, the jails etc are all monitored by personnel, right? Everywhere in downtown Sacramento has cameras. There must be hundreds at the airport alone. Someone has to be wathing them.

Apparently the cops are watching my car electronically and the NSA is monitoring every move I make financially, politically and otherwise.

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if the government (all levels) is watching everything we do [View all] Bennyboy Aug 2013 OP

Jay Gould, 19th Century railroad tycoon, said it best 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #1

REC PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #3

They are not watching in real time, for the most part, just recording. djean111 Aug 2013 #2

Who are "they" and how many of them are there? Bennyboy Aug 2013 #4

It is all automated. Data volume not a problem. Money buys speed and storage. djean111 Aug 2013 #9

Automation. The end product is what humans look at. Rex Aug 2013 #5

Most surveillance cameras record only on a loop, usually 24-48hrs. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #6

Artificial intelligence. Trillo Aug 2013 #7

I'm not so against cameras and monitoring in public Cleita Aug 2013 #8

Nobody is watching in real time. Only if there is a reason to MineralMan Aug 2013 #10