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- Shawn4168, on 10/05/2009, -1/+84It's not exactly CCTV if they're broadcasting it to the entire world, is it?
- Floobins, on 10/05/2009, -3/+68"Betray your family and friends... fabulous prizes to be won!"
- nahsrocketeer75, on 10/05/2009, -5/+51I can't decide which is sadder commentary on life today, that someone would come up with an idea this dumb and distasteful or that someone would actually participate. Let's call it a draw.
- Smokeydabear, on 10/05/2009, -5/+50So basically the government has figured out a way for the citizens to ***** themselves out of civil rights. England is populated by sheep.
- DeeperKyo, on 10/05/2009, -3/+411984 anyone?
- ZhiZaki, on 10/05/2009, -3/+41While this is a truly badass idea, it goes to show that installing thousands of cameras does not make a place safer if no one is there to watch all those cameras. Also, I don't be convicted of a crime based on a what some 19 year old online thought they saw on some grainy CCTV camera.
- compulsive1, on 10/05/2009, -0/+33I think we should have one public audio and video feed for every government office. Whoever spots abuse of power or corruption gets to keep his/her taxes for that year.
- h0bart, on 10/05/2009, -5/+31This sounds like some Nazi ***** to me.
- guardianx, on 10/05/2009, -1/+27If they make this a new WoW patch they could charge people for it rather than paying them...
- smashTasker, on 10/05/2009, -1/+24All right, not only can strangers now watch everything you do, they can also have you arrested!
- inactive, on 10/05/2009, -7/+28Snitches are bitches.
- breadfred, on 10/05/2009, -0/+20It is just a very BIG closed circuit
- moskrin, on 10/05/2009, -0/+16Sounds like the beginning of a Bachman book
- dalittle, on 10/05/2009, -1/+17All they need to do on the U.S./Mexico border is have extremely high fines and jail time for companies that employ illegal aliens. No work, no illegals.
- frcc, on 10/05/2009, -1/+17Ratting out your neighbor = Game
Being paid to snitch = Cash Prize
Police State = Fun and Exciting - sedatedbylife, on 10/05/2009, -0/+15children were told to report their parents for thought crime.
- TheNik, on 10/05/2009, -3/+18I don't believe the Third Reich had internet access, but I could be wrong...
- jonmlm, on 10/05/2009, -1/+15of course it's british
- awtripp, on 10/05/2009, -0/+14I see you like to rhyme, but it clearly depends on the crime.
- sHockz, on 10/05/2009, -1/+14and so it begins...
- Falldog, on 10/05/2009, -1/+14One step closer to Running Man
- thcobbs, on 10/05/2009, -0/+13Great... you wanna bankrupt the country or something?
- intekra, on 10/05/2009, -0/+12It's actually "Snitches get stitches" where I'm from.
- AbsurdParadox, on 10/05/2009, -0/+11In Soviet Britain, big brother is you.
- ProfessorSYM, on 10/05/2009, -2/+12I admit that this idea is disgusting to me, in theory, however when the site goes live I'll be watching you suspicious British delinquents VERY closely!
- dalittle, on 10/05/2009, -2/+12How about invent a game where these people we will call "police" patrol an area? Then they can get rid of all these expensive cameras and camera operators that are not doing anything to lower crime. They will even be there if there is a crime!
- CrikeyMike, on 10/05/2009, -2/+11Could get hairy...
- dalittle, on 10/05/2009, -0/+9yeah, spammers and idiots will never get hold of this. Will totally be productive to lower crime. /s
- 1hrSleep, on 10/05/2009, -1/+10People can watch me in public?! HOLY *****.
I guess I should put some pants on. - searcade, on 10/05/2009, -4/+12'What if a group of racists decide to send alerts every time a black person is seen on screen and what's stopping criminals using the cameras to scope out where to commit crimes.'
lmao, or 4chan anons - damber, on 10/05/2009, -3/+11yep, and so is most of the world
- MrChunks, on 10/05/2009, -1/+9Oh, they certainly did..
- inactive, on 10/05/2009, -1/+9Cannai put za camera in za ladies toilet?
- Zaxcomp, on 10/05/2009, -0/+8How the hell has there not been a backlash against the child labour of "fundraisers". Talk about a way to imprint the mind of youngsters that the only way to get attention and be successful is to prostitute yourself for someone else's wealth.
- smemily, on 10/05/2009, -1/+9The sad part to me is people used to get paid fair wages to monitor cameras.
- InfiniteNothing, on 10/05/2009, -3/+11I'd make the system a bit like SETI where you'd get a random camera to study and there's like 4 other people looking at the same camera. If 2 people both see something strange, then that alerts the admins or whatever.
- PhonicUK, on 10/05/2009, -0/+7Dugg for Red Dwarf reference.
- FirstDigg, on 10/05/2009, -0/+7FTA: "Players collect points by watching the cameras, which show CCTV images in real-time, and click a button every time they see something suspicious taking place. An SMS or text message, along with a still image of the alleged crime, is sent to whoever controls the camera. They can then decide whether or not to take action."
True they could target based on that but its not like someone is going to be arrested just because they are there. This is just alerts the camera operator that someone thinks something is going on. They then decide if there really is a need to bring the police in. Think of it as an intelligent motion sensor. - ghank, on 10/05/2009, -0/+7where is my Bury > Dailymail option?
- Scottamus, on 10/05/2009, -1/+8Awesome. Nothing bad could possibly come from this.
/s - falstaff, on 10/05/2009, -0/+6Embedding it in a game means this is more like Little Brother always watching.
- Eunonia, on 10/05/2009, -1/+71. Not really. Even the brits admit that the number of crimes they solve using cctv is far below of what they though. And, this is a bad idea. ordinary people are not trained first of all to spot what they need to look for, and selling yourself short for what a new computer or something like that. This is a bad way of stopping crime. It's people's thinking that must be changed not the number of cameras.
- hydrodev, on 10/05/2009, -0/+6You again? Go away.
- UV0001, on 10/05/2009, -0/+6And criminals are *****. Whats your point?
- shrillthriller, on 10/05/2009, -0/+6way to steal the exact comment from the article.
- darkism, on 10/05/2009, -0/+6oh for *****'s sake
- shrillthriller, on 10/05/2009, -0/+6In the article they mention the Big Brother, the TV show.
Coincidence? I think not. - Tyrghast, on 10/05/2009, -5/+11Children tell the authorities if your parent's are feeling.
- b1ffr43p, on 10/05/2009, -0/+6[citation needed]
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