Surveillance Stalin would have been proud of

"High-tech security: These cameras never forget a face"
What frightens me most about this article is this:

But Brian Russell, chief of the Drake's engineering and maintenance departments, is happy with the results. "People know we're watching," he said. "Word travels fast. Fear travels as well."

That's how 1984 works - and this is San Francisco, not Havana, Beijing or Tehran!