It's not surprising, but I find very cute the fact that the further you are from the center the older the security cameras are.

Do you know why it's just London?

Many state department of transportation groups in the US have camera on roadways all alone their respective state online. They're usually fairly low res, probably to reduce costs and data as they only need to check traffic flow, but they're often public. Check your states DOT website and look for traffic, there could be a treasure trove of cameras.

What the actual fuck. This is actually frightening. I can watch anyone, anywhere, anytime in London, anonymously, without them knowing? I guess I have to add yet another city to my never-visit-again list. No wonder schizophrenia is more common in developed countries, you ARE being watched.

Remember that this is still 2022. People think there's no privacy anymore, but in a few decades we are going to look back and wish we could go back. Of course these are public spaces where privacy has never _truly_ existed, but having cameras transmitting your every step to anyone with internet access is chilling.

This reminds me of an old 4chan "prank". There was an open camera somewhere in New York(?) and in the view was a shop with various display stands. Users would post something like "Im gonna do it, watch!", everyone would start watching the video feed and like half an hour or so later a kid would run up and knock over one of displays. They'd just fuck with the poor shop owner whenever they were bored.

Edit: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/nyc-cardstand-earthcam...

Shodan is the name IIRC

The Temple Bar (Dublin) actually makes this publicly available. They also have a feed of the inside of the bar so that you can virtually experience Ireland.

https://thetemplebarpub.com/