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In the UK we have automatic number plate recognition and a nationwide network of CCTV. Some places can recognise a stolen car and dispatch police within 60 seconds. (Notably the City of Westminster and Heathrow airport.)

> I'd prefer not to have all my actions recorded

Fair enough, but it's too late for some countries.

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I mean no offence (I fully recognize that the UK is a sovereign state with rules that largely satisfy it's own culture and people), but I feel that if we universalize this idea ("Fair enough, but it's too late for some countries.") the result will be nothing more than a race to the bottom.

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