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Apparently Big Brother is still going strong. Despite low ratings, it’s still ploughing away, and if I’m honest, I’m not really sure how. It must be at least the 10th season, by now, and it’s having to delve deep into the bag of tricks to even remain interesting. I was quite a fan of the first series, these days but it’s been getting progressively worse, obsessed with sex and sexual preferences and conventions.

But CCTV is everywhere in real life; you are probably caught on film too many times a day to count with your fingers, and all this is before you factor in the joys of call recording. I have enough Big Brother in my life already, I think, without watching the show itself.

And call logging is getting increasingly more frequent, too. There are all sorts of security companies out there offering surveillance services and logging services. We’re at a stage now where you even have your voice recorded when you ring up to hire a suit (for training purposes, apparently.)

CCTV systems, recording calls … where does it end? Yes, I don’t need to watch Big Brother; there’s certainly enough of it in my life already.