Do cameras in public places actually make anybody safer? No, says Bruce Schneier, internationally renowned security expert in his latest Crypto-Gram newsletter.
BBC:
CCTV is not as useful in the fight against crime as was previously thought, according to government research.
SF Gate:
The 178 video cameras that keep watch on San Francisco public housing developments have never helped police officers arrest a homicide suspect even though about a quarter of the city’s homicides occur on or near public housing property, city officials say.
UK Guardian:
Massive investment in CCTV cameras to prevent crime in the UK has failed to have a significant impact, despite billions of pounds spent on the new technology, a senior police officer piloting a new database has warned. Only 3% of street robberies in London were solved using CCTV images, despite the fact that Britain has more security cameras than any other country in Europe.
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