08/24/2026
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Smile, you’re on camera!
Are you against surveillance? That means you’re a terrorist, a pedophile, and probably an enemy of the state all at once. Honest people have nothing to hide, after all. Or do they? Are you a criminal if you don’t want your partner to find out about your—more or less harmless—flirting?
Each of us, without exception, could list situations we’d rather not reveal publicly. This isn’t about what you had for breakfast. Many of us deliberately post that kind of information on Facebook and other social media. Some are terrified that the friends they try to impress by acting like a tough guy will find out who’s really calling the shots in their marriage.
There is no doubt that access to surveillance footage makes the police’s job considerably easier. In many cases, this footage serves as crucial evidence in criminal cases. Cameras—including those controlled by artificial intelligence—do not distinguish between criminals and law-abiding citizens. How could they, when that determination is made by the court? The police’s job is to track down potential offenders and gather evidence of their crimes. Most of us understand this and even support such approaches. True to the motto: More security through more surveillance!
However, far fewer people support the “educational” methods widely used in China as part of the social credit system. If you’re an elderly person who has trouble moving quickly, your photo could easily end up on a giant billboard, along with a description of your “offense,” which consists of crossing a crosswalk too late after the traffic light turned from green to red.
But security isn’t improving at all. What is improving, however, is surveillance—and its goal is by no means our security. The goal of surveillance is the security of the totalitarian power structure.
The issue of surveillance using technology from the company Flock Safety, as discussed in relation to the video at the beginning of this article, was addressed in an article on Report24: Brussels is considering expanding license plate surveillance – the USA shows where this can lead. Source.
You drive to work in the morning. Somewhere above or beside the road, there’s a camera. You don’t have to stop, show any ID, and in all likelihood, you won’t even notice the check. The license plate is read automatically, the location and time can be recorded, and the data can be compared with other information. A single camera initially only provides one match. If enough of these devices are placed in different locations and the data is linked, it’s possible to determine where a vehicle was traveling at different times.
You’ll probably just shrug. Do they know better than I do where and when I was driving? So what—it’s no secret. You’ll change your mind, though, if you end up on the police list of suspects in a serious crime because there’s evidence that you were near the crime scene. The police aren’t interested in the fact that this crime was actually committed by the “three-letter agencies”—they aren’t the focus of the police’s investigation. The police’s job is to find a suitable “perpetrator”—so why shouldn’t that be you? I’m not claiming that the police always operate this way—that would be dishonest—but there are specific directives to law enforcement agencies to seek out scapegoats. May you never become another Lee Harvey Oswald—a convenient “perpetrator” of the assassination of an American president.
Author of the article: Marek Wojcik
Email: worldscam3@gmail.com
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