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zain_monti t1_iv7yqet wrote

Reply to comment by Dependent-Clerk8754 in Researchers create a Drone That Can 'See Through Walls' With Wifi | At the University of Waterloo recently fixed one up with a scanning device that is the definition of invasive. by chrisdh79

Na I always thought the usa was more then a surveillance society the us

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JohannesOliver t1_iv82oju wrote

Absolutely not. GCHQ does the same stuff the NSA does, but your overt surveillance (CCTV and the like) is significantly more than the US has. I think they probably like that the US gets all the publicity though.

In the US the cops have to ask private citizens for CCTV footage much of the time. Ring kind of let them in without doing that, but it is still a private entity.

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Dependent-Clerk8754 t1_iv8du5x wrote

The police in the UK can track you from London to Manchester constantly in your car. In the U.S., they have to get a warrant to put a tracker on your car. There are over 1million CCTVs in London.

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