Sweet Pea, this is an interesting link. I note that the article said that a Japanese company had invented this camera, not that anyone had actually used it yet. We'll see what US privacy advocates make of it. I am guessing that wearing big glasses or a hat would throw off the scan's ability to index you. Also, you see so many pictures of Japanese people wearing surgical masks in public to ward off germs. I am also guessing that these scans don't come cheap.
The reverse question, however, is what obligation does your government, transit system, or managers of other public places like malls have to keep you safe from terrorism or muggings, and to protect themselves from theft? Hiring extra security guards gets expensive, and their wages would come out of your taxes, train tickets, or purchases.
I swim laps at our local rec centre, and I just recalled that in the corridor where we have to leave our boots and shoes before entering the change room there is a little sign saying that there is a surveillance camera, and anyone who steals or vandalizes people's footwear will be reported to the RCMP. Apparently this was a problem.
So two points. One is that, yes-- I am under surveillance even out here in the boonies. Two: is this security camera a price I am willing to pay to deter somebody from stealing my shoes?
Something that caught my eye (and that I recently heard on NPR) was about employers demanding job applicants' Facebook passwords. Facebook is going to sue them over this invasion of privacy.
South of France? Sounds tempting. One wonders, however, what the French version of the CIA is up to there.
Rubbish. Ever head of being wrongly accused, scapegoated ect ect. It happens all the time and I've been through that more than once. 
