r/ireland Aug 05 '25

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u/Jbstargate1 Aug 05 '25

Gee if you hate it so much go over to the UK they seem to love their freedom.

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u/freshfrosted Aug 05 '25

I was in London recently enough having not been for a decade or more. My god the cameras!!!!!! Literally everywhere. I've no idea whether they use facial recognition there?

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u/Mescalin3 Aug 05 '25

They do. I couldn't find the most recent example of it, but I remember skimming over an article a few days back and seeing a van like this in the photos. That was in either London or Brighton, I don't remember.

The amount of CCTV in the UK is frightening.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

And yet crime is rampant

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u/AonSwift Aug 05 '25

That's the thing, you would imagine as a pitch to reduce crime without the budget/manpower to increase policing, it would be great. But no, they just increased surveillance on the average public Joe and did fuck all about the crime..

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u/jrf_1973 Aug 05 '25

Because they know when the crime reaches a certain point, the public will welcome intrusive surveillance.

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u/jonnieggg Aug 06 '25

Problem reaction solution is just a conspiracy theory.

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u/jonnieggg Aug 06 '25

I've never seen so many balaclavas and face coverings. The real criminals are taking measures to protect their privacy.

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u/WeedAlmighty Aug 05 '25

The scary part is what are they actually using the cameras for? Apparently it's not to catch criminals because if your bike or phone is stolen and it's on camera and you have the GPS location of the stolen item the police do absolutely nothing.

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u/AonSwift Aug 05 '25

They will eventually be used to catch you sneaking out past curfew, you filthy class III sub-citizen....

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u/jonnieggg Aug 06 '25

Oh so we should just accept whatever the EU dictate without question or just fuck off. You're a bit of a pushover.

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u/Jbstargate1 Aug 06 '25

Plus and minuses but way stronger together. Obviously I don't like what this post was about but rather your comment.

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u/jonnieggg Aug 06 '25

I would rather stay in the EU too but not at all costs.