General Chat

cctv, spy satalites, and you,d be amazed what they can pick , i.d cards , huge data bases of personal information
If your law abiding what is there to fear, but all this super technology still can find all the thosands of illegals that the government don' know about

I hate the argument (no offence Igor) if your law abiding...what have you to fear?

I'm law abiding and I still fear my privacy, my freedom etc is being eroded. I don't feel any safer because of CCTV.....

Every time I put money in the bank it triggers a letter that tries to tempt me into getting a credit card . We are certainly monitored in our lives .

I refuse to get sucked into the mincer myself .

Amanda

TRUE LESLIE I KNOW IT'S AN OLD CHESTNUT , IT DOE'S IN TRUTH MAKE ME FEEL SLIGHTLY JITTERY.
I SHREAD EVERY ENVELOPE WITH MY ADRESS ON, I ONLY HAVE A DIRECT DEBIT / STROKE CHEQUE GUARENTEE CARD , NO CREDIT CARDS, AND TRY TO USE CASH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE .
TRYING TO WORK ON THE THEORY IF I CAN'T AFFORD IT I CAN'T HAVE IT , IN THESE MODERN TIMES THAT MAY SEEM A LITTLE DATED BUT HEY HO

Yes, we're watched an monitored far too much.
I don't have a 'loyalty' card for any store - what I buy is my affair and no-one elses. If I want to have a supper of cat food and cheap plonk, it's got nothing to do with Sainsbury's - or whoever they send the information to - how do you think they know what the general public is spending their money on?

As for our details on the electoral role being sold and being put on the internet - sometimes I just don't want to be on it. 'You have the right to vote and we have the right to make money out of it!'

I live alone and claim single person discount. My youngest was at Uni and then wasn't settled in a place so I left her name on my form so she could vote in a general election. Council accused me of lying - sent rather a threatening letter - I had to point out that daughter had a right to vote - but didn't want to keep changing details, and that being on my electoral form didn't mean she lived with me. Had they (the council) never heard of Postal voting?
The above just shows how a little information in the wrong hands can be dangerous - unless you like threatening letters from some numbskull.

GOD I HAD MY GENITALS NAILED TO HE FLOORBOARDS ON HERE FOR SAYING ALMOST THE SAME THING BE CAREFUL

Wave at my friendly CCTV operator everyday, were I live has 24/7 security and monitored CCTV, on the one hand its a bit annoying, on the other I feel very safe, also my cars nicely tucked up and monitored too.

Due to my age I'm 'in the system' completely no way really to escape it not without taking some extreme measures. Have to renew my passport this year, irony is the US government know more about me than the UK one, as the US have my prints on record.

To be honest I wish in the UK we'd make out minds up get off the fence and step it up just a bit, finger print none UK nationals (well have to be none EU) entering the country, start rolling out ID cards, if you drive and have a passport your already nearly there anyway.

Edit: You can tell I'm from the generation that find monitoring the norm, and as I have nothing to hide I'm not worried.

A lot of interesting opinions here ...thank you everyone..