Wednesday, September 22, 2010

What's Worse Than One 'Cash Cab'?

3,024 Spy Cabs!
Apparently not content the with the more than 2.75 million surveillance cameras they already have blanketing public spaces, Chinese security forces have decided to push a new frontier in video-assisted vigilance.

According to a recent Xinhua report, authorities in Wuhu, a city of 2.3 million in Anhui Province, are installing security cameras in all 3,024 of the city’s taxis–much to the dismay of the local cab-riding public. (more) (sing-a-long)