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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • I’m not worried about CCTV footage in the US, at least as far as government surveillance is concerned. The main reason is the difficulty in wiretapping, compared to the payoff. For the government to get access to CCTV cameras owned by private citizens, they’d have to backdoor every single manufacturer, then figure out how to stream footage without being detected. This is definitely possible, but it’s considerably more difficult than wiretapping phone conversations. I’m sure the NSA/CIA/etc has done this before on a targeted basis, but doing it in general is very risky and a ton of work(if they want to keep it a secret), and what do they get in return? The NSA has a lot of resources, but it’s still limited.