Camera eye in cabs

Visitors to Hangzhou may no longer feel like having landed in "Paradise on Earth" after the local government said on Monday that surveillance cameras would be installed in thousands of taxis in the city.

The cameras will record video as well as audio activities, and are aimed at ensuring better service quality and security, the city's transportation authorities said.

The number of spy cameras has increased dramatically in our cities over the past few years. We are being watched and photographed almost everywhere we go - in supermarkets, banks, buses, subway stations, gas stations, star-grade hotels and even street corners.