In George Orwell’s seminal work, 1984, he predicts the surveillance state and describes the ‘telescreen’, a device installed in every citizen’s home that can simultaneously transmit and receive audio and video. Fast forward 75 years and we're living in an age where many governments have instituted mass surveillance systems.
Security cameras are meant to deter as much as they record, and for every camera out there, there’s someone watching the feed. When a netizen took to Reddit to ask for the craziest things security personnel had caught people doing on camera, the responses rolled in. Explore the top 30 in this listicle!
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#1
Two police officers brought a guy they were transporting in handcuffs into our store so he could use the toilets, only one exit at the time so they waited for him at the front doors, on his way out of the toilet he walks over to the sandwich fridge and conceals a sandwich into his jacket, literally shoplifting while under arrest.
