"Surveillance Camera Man" demonstrates absurdity of the surveillance state

Posted on: Sun, 06/23/2013 - 11:17 By: Tom Swiss

Passer-by: "I don't really care for other people to just be taking a random video of me." Surveillance Camera Man: "Didn't you just come out the drugstore?" Passer-by: "Yeah." Surveillance Camera Man: "They have cameras in there." Passer-by: "So?" (pushes Surveillance Camera Man).

If you're ready to assault this guy, why are you not out wrecking the surveillance state, spraypainting cameras and calling for better privacy laws? The cognitive dissonance is amazing.

Also remarkable are the people sitting in public yakking on cell phones who want to label it a "private conversation". Not when you're inflicting it on everyone at the other tables, folks.

He's back: Creepy Cameraman pushes the limits in new public surveillance video - GeekWire (GeekWire)

He calls himself Surveillance Camera Man, but we prefer the name Creepy Cameraman because of the effect he has on his subjects.

However, in this latest video, he meets his match in the form of a woman who sets aside her initial exasperation, pushes back by asking the cameraman about himself, poking at him and grabbing his sunglasses. Ultimately she deals with the situation by inviting him to follow along with her and continue recording. It looks like he decided not to take her up on it. It’s a refreshing contrast to the violent responses he gets from others.