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But there have been a lot of changes since the turn of the Century, and as the ghost of Christmas present would show us, nobody looks up from their smartphone long enough to give a darn about personal privacy anymore. We gave it away with a good deal on the latest gadgets, running the fastest apps.
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In the 2018 financial plan the city mentions, for the first time I香蕉视频直播檝e heard of, that they launched a CCTV security monitoring program in July and August, amounting to eyes being on the city at all times.
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Areas of concern include, but are not limited to, the parkades, Queensway Transit Exchange, City Hall, Stuart Park and Kasugai Garden.
The program produced 425 co-ordinated responses to emergent situations involving criminal activity, mischief, loitering and vandalism, reads the report, noting that the pilot was very successful, particularly the rapid response component.
香蕉视频直播淚f the budget item is to increase security funding and implement a full-time CCTV monitoring program for the city, the deliverable is a safer city through proactive response to security concerns related to intoxication, drug use, theft and confrontation/aggressive behaviour from transients, homeless, youth and individuals known to law enforcement,香蕉视频直播� according to the budget request.
The saying goes, you have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide, but privacy should still have some appeal to those of us who aren香蕉视频直播檛 in the underworld.
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Maybe I香蕉视频直播檓 just paranoid, but these things should be more important to us. Only the ghost of Christmas future will be able to say.
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