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170 surveillance cameras on one block?! NYC now Camera City

They're everywhere and they're watching. New York has become Camera City as our every coming and going is recorded.

Dropping off at the dry cleaners? Getting a cup of coffee at Starbucks? Crossing the street? Smile, for better or worse you're on someone's security camera, whether it's the city's, shopkeepers' or some nutjob's. A single busy block in Manhattan can contain hundreds.

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