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Re:How the UK's online safety bill threatens Matrix by ipaddr on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:25PM (#27225853)
He is referring to the camera network in London.
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Re:How the UK's online safety bill threatens Matrix by cyrksoft on Thursday May 20, 2021 @03:49PM (#27226202)
The government's camera network in London is very small, only 23708 cameras (15516 of which are from Transport of London across the tube network)[0].

It's a fairly small network for an authoritarian government.

[0]https://www.cctv.co.uk/how-many-cctv-cameras-are-there-in-lo....

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Re:How the UK's online safety bill threatens Matrix by palestine-tree on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:49PM (#27227813)
In what way is that a "very small" network?

In fact, given how small London is that's a huge network.

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Re:How the UK's online safety bill threatens Matrix by cyrksoft on Thursday May 20, 2021 @06:40PM (#27228348)
Small London?

London's population: 8.982 million

Area: 8,382 km2.

How is that small?

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Re:How the UK's online safety bill threatens Matrix by t-writescode on Thursday May 20, 2021 @07:20PM (#27228689)
Oh this is going to be fun.

I see you're referring to the "Metro area of London". when referring to that size. The size of London proper is 1,572 km2 (Wikipedia, as well)

So now, the fun question is "what area is the camera count referring to?"

Further, the quantity of cameras matters less than the areas the cameras can see that is covered.

Even further-further is how easy it is for the government to acquire the footage off those cameras.

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