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What's scary is the number of CCTV cameras throughout Britain (not just London). I've never felt more surveilled than on a recent visit there.

China is pretty bad too, I’m sure that comes as no surprise to most.

How does one "feel surveilled"?

You've never felt like someone is watching you?

I understand such a feeling is purely made up and not worth acknowledging, so I don't legitimize that thought.

Given the fact is legitimate, people legitimize the thought of it and self-censorship ensues.

It's not legitimate? As I said, being watched != being recorded.

It's a feeling you get when you suspect (or in this case know) that you're being watched or recorded.

Being watched != being recorded, and there is no sense a human has that can detect the gaze of another human.

Surely a human can detect the gaze of another human when they see that human looking at them.

Human eyes can absolutely detect the gaze of another human, as well as the existence of cameras.