Little Brother is watching Big Brother...

When London's mobile CCTV cameras were shut down by a legal ruling two days before the G20 protests in London, conspiracy theorists suggested that the blackout had been contrived so that the police could be let off the reins. Without CCTV, there would be no record of official wrongdoing. 

It was a neat theory, but naively old-fashioned in its assumption that the state had a monopoly on surveillance. The emergence of amateur video showing Ian Tomlinson, the man who had a heart attack on the day of the protests, being pushed to the ground by a police officer soon before he died. It clearly demonstrates that for every camera pointed at you by Big Brother, there are 10 more pointed back by Little Brother — an informed, digitally savvy civilian population that has the tools to record anything, anytime, anywhere. More...

See also:

1. Golden Shield, China's all-seeing eye. ( Must read)
2. The airport scanner that reveals your underwear...
3. Big Brother drones that track the Taliban may soon hover over your home...
4. Surveillance cameras a huge waste of money...