August 16th isInternational Wave at the Surveillance Cameras Day

On August 16th, people across the world will be encouraged to kill the global surveillance state with sarcastic kindness, as part of the fourth annual International Wave at the Surveillance Cameras Day.

The plan? Simply locate a surveillance camera and wave, and you will have accomplished your anti-surveillance objective. 

At one time or another, many of us have surely walked past a surveillance camera and made some sort of a gesture at it. For my part, I usually raise high my middle finger as if I will exact some effective vengeance on my Orwellian overlords. Childish, to be sure, but necessary. The International Wave at the Surveillance Cameras gives people an official outlet for this tendency.