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Depressing news for extremist privacy lovers today: a cheap CCTV camera which can reliably survive a large bomb explosion with video recordings intact has been developed. It's no longer possible to cover one's tracks by simply blowing everything up. News of the new cheapo bombproof surveillance cams comes to us courtesy of - …

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  1. Sam Liddicott
    Stop

    I guess they'll just nick the camera

    If the terrorists don't just steal the camera, they'll start using EMP weapons and trash electronics for miles around.

  2. Bob Hoskins
    Happy

    Are the lenses spray paint proof?

    .......I thought not

  3. David
    Thumb Down

    Not really

    16 chips tested, 14 found.....

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    But..

    Will it blend?

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Happy

    Been done!

    >"The clued-up villain of the future, operating in public spaces, may soon start to find that smoke bombs or other obscurants are a necessary part of his armoury. "

    AKA "The Stainless Steel Rat", by Harry Harrison. A hugely enjoyable series of books.

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Awesome

    We can all die, but the instruments of the surveillance state are immortal.

    I'm so happy to live in such wonderful times.

  7. Anonymous Coward
    Black Helicopters

    @ Awesome

    I can't tell you how happy I am that my murderer *may* be found to improve police (and thus government) statistics.

    I'm so happy that I can almost ignore the fact that it does f*ck all to PREVENT the crime, so it contributes nothing to my feeling of safety - which I assume to be intentional.

    It's rather a win-win: keeping the citizen scared whilst pretending to do something. Quality effort.

  8. Steve
    Unhappy

    Err, it's not CCTV

    CCTV involves the signal being displayed on a monitor and/or being transmitted - the hint is in the name.

    It's a bomb-proof video camera/recorder.

    Call yourself a technical publication? I suggest you shuffle off to the Daily Mail. Shame on you.

  9. DrOwl
    Boffin

    huh

    isnt this just an SDcard With a Metal case?

    Go DHS, a million $ well spent.

  10. Mark S
    Pirate

    Title is required? I think not...

    Sophisticated surveillance countermeasure #1, the hoodie.

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    @AC

    AC>"I'm so happy that I can almost ignore the fact that it does f*ck all to PREVENT the crime, so it contributes nothing to my feeling of safety - which I assume to be intentional.

    It's rather a win-win: keeping the citizen scared whilst pretending to do something. Quality effort."

    Exactly like gun-control, eh?

  12. B Ward
    Black Helicopters

    I wonder

    Will the recordings include an option to rate them? And does the best suicide bomber win a prize?

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  14. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    No Such Thing as Bomb-Proof

    Just depends how big or powerful the explosives are.

  15. P. Lee
    Coat

    Solution, go find a problem!

    How many cctv cameras do we have?

    How many bombings do we have?

    What's the cost per prevented bombing?

    Who is picking up the tab?

    When is the spraycan/ski mask/hoodie going to be banned?

    Do we need to outlaw suicide bombers?

  16. Anonymous Coward
    Alert

    All the best thought control

    @Mark S - Sophisticated surveillance countermeasure #1, the hoodie.

    Hoodies are now illegal. Problem Solved.

    @AC - 13:59 GMT Exactly like gun-control, eh?

    And knife control; and speed control, and pedestrians off the zebra. Just you stop breaking the law and we won't NEED all those extra pesky laws.

  17. Graham Marsden
    Coat

    New Series...

    ... DHS meets Mythbusters!

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