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Top 10 Interesting Facts about CCTV Cameras |

1. Worldwide there are an estimated 25 million CCTV cameras in operation.
2. In the UK, the average citizen going about their daily business will be caught on CCTV camera as many as 300 times in a single 24-hour period, thanks to the 2.5 million cameras installed across the country.
3. The first CCTV camera ever created was used to watch the launch of the German V2 Rocket at Test Stand VII in 1942.
4. The largest single system of CCTV cameras is in Singapore Airport – there are approximately 3,000 cameras in operation watching and recording everything that happens.
5. The UK has the largest ratio of cameras to people in the world; it works out that there is roughly one camera for every 14 people, and the greatest density of cameras is in London.
6. Every time you go to an ATM, you’re being filmed by CCTV cameras inside the machine, though they’re incredibly hard to spot.
7. It’s estimated that in the next five years the number of CCTV cameras in the UK could increase tenfold, leading many to worry about an Orwellian 1984 scenario.
8. In the wake of 9/11, CCTV technology is being developed to assess and monitor plane passengers for suspicious behavior.
9. Although they were invented in 1942, CCTV cameras were only used publicly from 1962, a good 20 years after their first incarnation.
10. Experts believe that as much as 67% of burglaries could be prevented if people had security cameras in their own homes.