As we know Surveillance is everywhere, in the streets, shops and on the Internet. It has become impossible for us to do something without somebody else knowing about it. Improvements in technology has led to us leaving a digital footprint everywhere, internet history allows us to track the sites we have visited, everything that we purchase with debit/credit cards can be tracked and there has been an increase in CCTV cameras on the roads.
The privacy that this has left us with has been questioned, as people are unable to do everyday activities without worrying about who are watching them. The CCTV cameras that are used as suppose to keep us safe and reduce crime as the police will be able to catch the criminal in a more effective way. Although some members of the government has said that it doesn't make the roads a safer place, it can be said that it makes us feel as if we were more safe knowing that we were being watched.
Social networking sites such as Facebook has also been focused on as question on their privacy and security of information put on facebook leads people to ask if they are actually owners of their own information of if the company own it. "The internet has created a plethora of new information and personal security issues, which range from e-mail spamming, computer virus proliferation and online harassment to forms of cyber-fraud and identity theft".
Rather than having surveillance to makes us safer, it seems that it has made us feel more under threat, as we are no longer able to do things in our own space electronically without it being recorded. This can only leave is to wonder on how technology will have an affect on privacy and surveillance in the future.
CCTV and crime
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