New "Game" Encourages Secret Police-Style Spying
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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I think this is absolute genius, if I was to play I'd just pick a camera in Easterhouse - Glasgow. Very violent place.
You'd likely see about 5 stabbings per day on one of those, way to hit the big money.
People who oppose CCTV because a book told a story of terror are filed in my brain between those who read Stephen King's 'IT' and fear clowns as mass-murderers, and those who believe anything by Dan Brown.
Security cameras are there to record crime, to be used as evidence in a court of law as necessary. It makes things safer.
They don't stick labels above your head while you walk down the street; they can't identify you, the picture quality is low, there's more often than not noone looking at the screen and oh look there's a chav running at you with a knife. Thank god there's some way to catch them and bring them to justice after you wake up from a coma in hospital.
You'd likely see about 5 stabbings per day on one of those, way to hit the big money.
People who oppose CCTV because a book told a story of terror are filed in my brain between those who read Stephen King's 'IT' and fear clowns as mass-murderers, and those who believe anything by Dan Brown.
Security cameras are there to record crime, to be used as evidence in a court of law as necessary. It makes things safer.
They don't stick labels above your head while you walk down the street; they can't identify you, the picture quality is low, there's more often than not noone looking at the screen and oh look there's a chav running at you with a knife. Thank god there's some way to catch them and bring them to justice after you wake up from a coma in hospital.
Thanks for clearing that up.Gebi10000 said:
I'm in America, so I don't need to be worried for now, but I pray that this infection doesn't spread across the pond.
Good luck to you Brits (and the rest of the UK) in fighting this, I hope it won't catch on.
Seriously, this game will just end up being totally boring. Voyeurism is only fun when something is happening. There's a reason they have to pay security guards to watch the cameras.
*Criticismbodyklok said:
And as for CCTV cameras being barely able to distinguish peoples faces, the police have cameras that can produce a crystal clear image of a penny, on the ground, from on top of a 12 story building.
Source: I have been inside my local police station control room centre and they showed us the images and video feeds from the cameras.
Isn't this like, seventeen kinds of illegal? Or at least morally questionable?
The things people will do to make money.
The things people will do to make money.
Meh. Only a few dull people will have the attention span to look at a camera for more than a minute and the odds of them seeing anything are between jack and shit.
I see nothing wrong with it as long as it's free to play and cameras are not around people's houses or anything. In fact, hell yeah. Finally, the people will be doing something to help make society a better place.
This is fucked up and horrible and all that, but I have to point out that I have never heard of a more boring concept for a game.
Well, considering I'm going to be watched by strangers on CCTV for my saftey anyway, might as well be gamers, Right?
I mean, The police can be bribed and everything nowerdays... But gamers? No way, man. You couldn't get some of them to "lose the game" for anything, could you?
I can't see much difference, anyway. You get watched by strangers every day, just they've taken up a job as a cop. That's about the only difference here.
I mean, The police can be bribed and everything nowerdays... But gamers? No way, man. You couldn't get some of them to "lose the game" for anything, could you?
I can't see much difference, anyway. You get watched by strangers every day, just they've taken up a job as a cop. That's about the only difference here.