THOSE who feel their privacy is being invaded by CCTV may feel a twinge of sympathy – or perhaps Schadenfreude – for the CCTV operators themselves. There is now a CCTV camera that monitors people who are employed to watch CCTV footage, just to make sure they are doing their job properly. This, though, raises the question of who is monitoring this extra footage, and how we can be sure they are being vigilant enough. Clearly what we need is CCTV that watches the CCTV that watches the CCTV…
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