So I wandered around this very spot a few days ago to catch a train to Surrey. I didn’t realize that the Big Brother story I had read five days prior, about Amazon’s involvement with Network Rail in England using CCTV cameras, featured Waterloo station. (This picture appeared in a June 17, 2024 WIRED magazine article I reference for your reading.)

I’m not a fan of Amazon for various reasons, but this one clearly puts the Jeff Bezos empire on the dark side. As always, in cases like this, the public’s consent is never obtained. The story broke only because of a ‘FOIA’ (freedom of information act) request.

I have to say, cameras are everywhere in London, pointed at you from every building and post. George Orwell must be smiling.