Numbers don't add up...
65 million people in the UK.
10,000 "public" cameras.
If each person is "caught" 300 times per day, then every camera every second records 23 unique individuals.
That's 1.4 distinct, new, individual, people on each frame of a 16 fps movie!
Now, maybe we can make it more sensible by inflating the number of cameras to include private ones, but get real. There aren't enough people in Britain to review the footage to SEE everyone 300 times each day.
99.99% of this goes where your Junk Mail goes...
This article is mostly a beat-up, imho. "fear Big Brother"!