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Marseille Panopticon
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/13/1053650/marseille-fight-surveillance-state/ [technologyreview.com]
Big brother is watching you. The cameras are there for your protection. To prevent crime. But apparently they are only used in about 1-2% of investigations according to reviews. So what is the other 98-99% for? Security theater? Politicians being hard on crime, or having a hard on for crime. Panopticon for the masses that are not involved in crime? It's very hard to measure the effect of prevention in that regard.
But I guess people are starting to get a tad tired of being watched all the time like we are there for the entertainment of some big brother peeping Tom.
There is a fly on your nose.
