LONDON - Mayor Bloomberg has a message for New Yorkers who don't like surveillance cameras: Get real. "It's just ridiculous people who object to using technology," the mayor said, adding that he had not talked with anyone in London who wasn't "thrilled" at the presence of security cameras in their capital.
The Daily News reported yesterday that a camera in lower Manhattan has been secretly recording license plates in a test of the planned "Ring of Steel" surveillance system.
The plates are compared against a database so the NYPD can immediately know when a suspicious car or truck is in the area. London has such a system in place in its financial district.
Bloomberg, appearing with London Mayor Ken Livingstone at a news conference, said New Yorkers are "very naïve" if they don't realize they are already being watched.
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