November 28, 2005

Australia Sees Misuse of Public Surveillance Cameras

Welcome to Sydney 2005 where, the New South Wales Privacy Office says, the rash of security video cameras across the city's suburbs has opened a whole new era for busybodies. "The office has received a number of complaints that video cameras, ostensibly installed for security purposes, have been used for spying on neighbours' houses," its report says. Disturbingly, pointing of CCTV cameras more often than not shows a "discernible streak of malice and more than a hint of retribution".

That's when good neighbours become good spies, New Zealand Herald, November 24, 2005.