They Are Watching You
Hidden in foliage next to a path in the southeast England seaside town of Hastings are digital cameras. Their target: litterbugs and dog walkers.
The electronic eyes feed images to a monitoring unit, where they're scanned and stored as evidence to prosecute people who discard garbage or fail to clean up after pets, a spokeswoman for the town council said.
"It's becoming a bit Big Brother-like," said Sandra Roberts, 50, a Hastings kiosk manager, invoking George Orwell's 1949 book "Nineteen Eighty-Four", about a Britain where authorities pry into all aspects of citizens' lives. ARTICLE
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