Vending Machines Goes Big Brother in Japan
As we all know, Japan has tons of vending machines – you can buy cigarettes, umbrellas and many more. Now, following Britain’s footsteps, Japan has decided to install CCTVs in their country. Where else but their vending machines? XD Their vending machines are everywhere!
The next generation of vending machines would have a security camera, an emergency phone and an alarm. Police in Japan would have access to the footage of the CCTVs installed in the vending machines. Also, when the door of the emergency phone is opened, the alarm will go off, thereby alerting everyone around you that you’re in trouble.
Sweet? Or no? The response of CCTVs in vending machines has resulted in vandalism. There were spray-painting, and also cameras ripped off.
Do you think it’s an invasion to their privacy?
Source: Gizmodo
Don’t vending machines normally have CCTV/alarms for when someone tries to kick them to get free drinks?
Just wear huge sunglasses everywhere you go in Japan from now on lol.
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They’re like the red buttons on my University ^.^”
They generally have one every block… and if you press the button red lights and a Siron go off, and you can call the safety department to help you. I had to use it once when I was stranded a mile away from school in a snow storm… and my car got stuck in Ice… then I locked myself out of my car lolxD The side walk wasn’t cleaned yet, and it was up a steep hill to get there so I kept slipping down the hill… so I literally was stranded in like 10 degree (F) temps till I got to a red button Dx They were really helpful… although they broke my door lock unlocking it for me Dx
Of course on my campus they don’t maitenence them enough… a few months ago a mugger was chasing a girl and she ran to one of those machines… and it ended up NOT WORKING Dx~ So he beat the crap out of her and stole her purse…
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lol, Big Brother is right. I guess that’s the one downside to having too many vending machines 0_o
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like the emergency phone + alarm concept. pretty useful if you ever need it since vending is almost everywhere in japan. but that’s if you’re living in japan =x
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