December 13, 2019: There are currently 770 million surveillance cameras in place around the world. More are being added every day and the number of such cameras is expected to top 1 billion within two years.^[1]

There are more surveillance cameras in China than anywhere else in the world.^[1]

However, there are already 70 million of them in the United States today. That’s one camera for every 4.6 Americans.^[1]

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