The president of Pedagog USA, a wireless application service provider, is seeking to transplant the British practice of widespread surveillance cameras in the US. His company sells a system of wireless imaging networks for a fraction of the cost of wired cameras. The British government has embraced the system and will increase the number of public cameras from 300,000 to 2 million over the next three years, British authorities believe that the system has been a significant factor in preventing and solving crimes. Privacy activists disagree but have been unsuccessful in inspiring public opposition to the camera in the UK. Pedagog believes that the US public will accept the cameras as well.

The source article is at wired.com.