People just don't get it. The observation has been here for years if not decades, its only because similar technology is available to the general public that we are now just beginning to understand how little privacy we have and how much government is watching and recording.
About ten years ago, the Chicago Police Department was bragging about having 30,000 cameras on the streets. God knows how many there are now.
Does have UK, or US?
We have RIPA and the Data Protection Act, and we have the surveillance camera commissioner.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/surveillance-cam...
See eg the latest report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...