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I was quite suprised to find a fake cam in Hamburg yesterday. From the distance it looked quite real but a look from a closer distance discovers that it is just made from cardboard.

I’m not quite sure whether it’s a scare tactic of the government or just locals, but either way it looks like fearmongering. This isn’t the first story of a fake camera you’re likely to hear, either; fake speed cameras are also an existent threat, and act as a form of social placebo to encourage responsible driving. Responsible walking, though? I think it tends to toe the line between Big Brother and crime prevention.

Imagine if someone had placed a VeriSign logo on Foxy Bingo or Amazon, only for you to find out it was simply a jpeg tacked onto the site? You’d be shocked, and I think the same applies here. The main issue I have with it is, as you can quite clearly tell from the photograph, it’s not the most convincing of fakes when you get close enough. I think it relies on the fact that most people are unwilling to scrutinise their immediate environment. Ignorace is bliss, right?

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  1. April 1st, 2011 at 13:26 | #1

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  3. April 1st, 2011 at 15:06 | #3

    . Imagine whether somebody had positiontoed a VeriSign logo onto Foxy Bingo or Amazonto, ontoly for you to find out it was simply a jpeg tacked ontoto the site? You’d be shocked, and I think the same applies here. In fact, I study a lot from it.

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