Another Hungary story -
When I was living in Hungary the then boyfriend tracked me round the city of Szeged on the public webcams.

I didn't know he was doing this until he sent me a few snaps of myself - strolling through the university concourse, ambling along the majestic boulevard, staggering drunkenly across the square...

Easy to do as I lived near the city centre and the place was full of 'cams. Probably a sort of hangover from Communist times.

When I found out there were a few good-humoured moonings and V-flashings for him to frame-capture too.

Good job I hadn't been walking arm-in-arm with some Magyar hunk, or I'd've been WELL rumbled.

The boyf is now Mr Quar, so impressed was I with his ingenuity. However, most women I tell this story to are horrified - how could I marry someone who'd check up on me like that?

I say, he's clever, but I'm still cleverer.
Simples.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Sat 26 Sep 2009, 21:23, 2 replies)

Unlikely to be a cold-war hangover.
First up, had the CCTV systems existed then, and had the Hungarians had the cash to implement them, they wouldn't have survived the end of communism.

Second, the CCTV systems didn't exist then - certainly not in any way that could have been afforded by the government.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sun 27 Sep 2009, 13:19, closed)

No, I didn't mean the actual cameras were communist equipment
but that the idea of being able to follow people around on public webcams is very 'Eastern bloc'.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Mon 28 Sep 2009, 22:17, closed)