We should be trying to stop the unthinking proliferation of surveillance systems before it's too late 
John Scott
Human rights lawyer
This data will be logged for a year," he said, "and every minor official could be able to have access to your phone records. There's no privacy anymore."
At the time, a lot of people assumed he was talking about CCTV cameras.
But it's now clear he was more concerned about the amount of data held on each and every one of us which, if all brought together, would give the government an incredibly detailed view of our lives.
There are estimated to be up to 10 million CCTV cameras in the UKhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7123887.stm
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