[johnp314]

With more and more cameras everywhere we are coming to the end of the "who done it" investigative novels and movies and TV shows - at least those set in current times. Who needs a Sherlock with amazing logic and investigative skills when all the police and investigators need do is get recorded camera data. Police shows are becoming boring as they simply go from one camera to the next to discover the perp.

Yes, we have increased safety, and those intending to do us harm have less assurance of getting away with it, but something is lost (I'm not sure what it is exactly) in the knowledge that as we go about our lives we are being continually watched and there is less and less potential mystery and uncertainty in what's taking place around us and/or by us.

[okasaki]

It would be more accurate to say that we're being recorded, and the recording is then viewed when something notable happens. Nobody is really watching you go about your business.

[g-b-r]

Almost everywhere where there are surveillance cameras there's someone who watches at least some of the feeds at a time for at least most of the day

[soco]

The novels and shows will simply move the focus to the "who edited its footage" (okay already doing it - watch the Devs series)