Who watches the watchmen?

Britons are among the most watched people of all time, with new surveillance cameras seeming to appear every hour. But who watches all those images? Well, if you have a recent Apple computer and an inquiring mind, you can.

Surveillance Saver is a freeware screensaver module that trawls the internet feeds of hundreds (and soon to be thousands) of CCTV cameras worldwide and displays them on your monitor when it’s idle, using Apple's Quartz Extreme imaging technology.

Whether using these feeds in this way is entirely legal or ethical is an interesting question, but as a temporary alternative from your home-brewed Times Online RSS feed screensaver it's a pleasing diversion.

Comments

[Grace]

Cool! I'm downloading that now!

We've had it on our Macs for the last few days and have found it extremely entertaining. Love the pig cam.