2010 Vancouver Olympics Surveillance Cameras
As many of you many already know, Vancouver is going to implement a video surveillance system on the streets of the city in and around the complexes that will be housing the Olympic Games. Athens implemented a similar system for the 2004 Olympic games and continued to use it afterwards, while Vancouver’s privacy commisioners are adamant that they should be removed after the games.
I personally value my privacy, however, I really do not do anything that I would worry that police can see, at least not outside my home. I certainly do not want them peeping on me during my personal time with my family, but on the public streets I am not so concerned. I am of course a bit concerned that criminals may find a way to tap into such a system and manipulate it for their own use – you never know these days… watching all those cybercrime movies.
At any rate, I personally am not too concerned with the issue, but hearing discussions on how people are feeling about having big brother looking over their shoulder, it is definately a concern with many Vancouver citizens.