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True that much isn't being watch but that is just the point of a panopticon... You don't know when you are being watch and when you aren't. Therefore you must assume you are always being watch (the panopticon was a model for a prison without bars...).
While at this time there is very little actual watching of the tapes that is occuring, however two things occur to me:
1) If "they" want to track your movements on the highway system. At present it is possible using the traffic cams. It isn't much of a leap to move beyond the highways onto regular streets.
2) Manpower. As facial recognition software gets better (and probably much cheaper if software trends hold true) then it will not be a matter of manpower just "smart" cameras.
The main difference between people seeing me in a public space and a camera is a) that I'm not always aware of the camera b) people are sometimes not around the camera always will be (I've been to a major intersection in the middle of the night to find it deserted).
The more of this we accept the closer we get to an implicit police state.
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