Re:Is it REALLY a bad thing? (Score 2, Informative)

Down here is Cape Town South Africa we got cameras in our down town area a few years ago. Having toured one of the centres watching people, there isn't a real invasion of privacy, they are watching people walking / driving in public.

BTW crime went done something stupid like 60% when they were introduced.

Interestly though, people were asking for camera's to be put in their suburbs to help bring down the crime levels.