NWO Bloomberg's NY Surveillance Nightmare - London is next

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Samuel Goldsmith of the New York Times reports 15 October 2007
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152007/news/regionalnews/theres__no_hidi ng_from_the_tru.htm

THERE'S NO HIDING FROM THE TRUTH - YOU'RE ON CAMERA!
MAYOR'S FOCUS ON TURNING BIG APPLE INTO SURVEILLANCE CITY
By SAMUEL GOLDSMITH
WATCH IT: Post reporter Samuel Goldsmith (above) was caught on surveillance cameras 54 times while walking through Times Square - and many of the cameras are for streaming images onto Web sites.
October 15, 2007 -- Mayor Bloomberg has said New Yorkers must face the fact that they're being watched by security cameras all the time.

He isn't kidding.

It's not just the Police Department and MTA watching them. Countless private security cameras eye the city at all times - and some are broadcast to the masses.

A Post reporter walking in Times Square was captured by at least 54 outdoor surveillance cameras in just eight blocks. From 42nd Street to 49th Street, there are cameras on top of buildings, embedded into walls, on top of street poles and tucked under awnings - and that's just the cameras visible to the naked eye.

Four of the cameras are operated by the Web-cam network EarthCam.com, which streams live camera feeds on its Web site for the whole world to see. At any moment, people can tune in to those cameras and dozens of others around the city and get immediate imagery.

"Hidden cameras enhance people's safety," said Brian Cury, founder of EarthCam. "It's a way to share information and make people's lives better."

EarthCam has dozens of cameras in New York for both public use via the Web site and private use for companies. The site boasts the biggest network of Web cams in the world.

During Bloomberg's recent trip to London, where the mayor scoped out the city's massive surveillance-camera system known as the "Ring of Steel," Hizzoner said, "In this day and age, if you think that cameras aren't watching you all the time, you are very naive."

VIDEO: Watch Bloomberg's London statement

Bloomberg wants to follow the model in London and dramatically increase the number of cameras in New York City. The city is already beefing up its surveillance in various places.
The MTA is in the process of expanding its security system by installing cameras in 400 city buses, as well as what they call "passenger identification systems" in one-third of the city's subway stations.

These systems record images of everyone who passes through a turnstile or entrance gate. To date, 69 stations have passenger-identification systems, using more than 1,600 cameras, according the MTA, and they already share that footage with the NYPD.

"The reality is, it's a valid way to monitor people," Cury said. "Cameras can't stop somebody from doing something horrible, but they can go back and find out what happened for evidence."

Not everyone agrees, however. When shown live pictures of themselves on EarthCam Mobile, a Web site that gives access to Web cams on cellphones, some people in Times Square felt that Big Brother was breathing down their necks.

"I never stopped to think that this technology is so accessible," said Tonya Heupal. "Now I feel like I can't take a step without someone looking over my shoulder."

Her husband, Robert Heupal, was flat-out mad.

"This is outrageous," he said. "I'm not an enemy combatant, so why am I under surveillance?"

But Cury said New York City has far fewer surveillance cameras than comparable-sized cities. London has an estimated 10 times more cameras than New York - upward of 2 million.

"New York is the biggest city in the world with so few cameras," he said.

"The reality is they were able to catch terrorists in London because of the security cameras," Cury said. "I don't think anyone can argue that it's a negative use of camera technology."

Cury's Web cams in Times Square weren't capturing any suspicious activity over the weekend, but they did find Alberto Torres, 26, who is visiting from Barcelona, Spain. Torres was waving at an EarthCam camera on 46th Street and talking on his cellphone to his girlfriend back home.

"She could see me here in New York City," said Torres. "I don't think it's a bad thing. I think it's great".


BLOOMBERG IN LONDON WITH MAYOR KEN LIVINGSTONE
http://www.nypost.com/video/?vxSiteId=0db7b365-a288-4708-857b-8bdb545c bd0f&vxChannel=NY+Post&vxClipId=1458_167791&vxBitrate=300
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