CCTV - Also known as "Closed Circuit Television"
- The first set of Closed circuit television cameras were installed in Germany 1942. Walter Bruch a noted engineer was the person who designed and installed them.
- In September of 1968 in Olean, New York the first city in the United States installed CCTV along main streets in an effort to fight crime and theft.
- Use of CCTV is common now in banks as well as stores to try and deter theft by recording criminal activity.
- An estimate taken by the British government stated there are approximately one camera for every fourteen people in the country.
- Cameras have been installed now on public transport to deter crime, however in recent times CCTV has become targeted and attacked by theieves.
- Some CCTV have been hacked by internet hackers and guriella artists who use cross video feeds, used video footage and upload their own videos, this is called "video sniffing".
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| 1 Camera to every 14 People. |
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