ipl-logo

The Dangers Of Surveillance

2727 Words11 Pages

Abstract In the past two decades, surveillance has gained great expansion and a significant meaning with overarching effects on our modes of living as citizens, neighbors and human beings. Utilizing resources from various disciplines and studies, we would analyze the profound change in humans and societies due to the exponential growth in surveillance technologies and its application in modern settlements and spaces. The paper will also try to tackle the challenge to determine whether surveillance is helpful or a hindrance; an instrument to improve the quality of life or a cause for infringement of civil liberties.

In recent years, surveillance technology has undergone a major revolution and has found its application extensively in modern …show more content…

Richards in his article, “The Dangers of Surveillance”15 writes on how state surveillance systems can severely hamper the rights of citizens and inhibit experimentation with “new, controversial, or deviant ideas.” Surveillance can act as an impediment to intellectual privacy which is key to the progress of a free society and help in maintaining the status-quo. In 2011, administrators of Harvard University were found spying on the emails of deans, to investigate a certain case.16 In India, a mid-age IT professional was killed by certain political groups, for the professional had offended their sensibility by posting certain images on his social media profile.17 It is important to introspect, when values of freedom of speech and intellectual privacy are compromised, there tends to be a decay in the democratic principles of modern societies. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy the way surveillance transform citizenship in modern …show more content…

This led to immense curiosity and interest in the field of Surveillance Studies. In the course of my research I have tried to use resources from various interdisciplinary fields, to understand how surveillance changes us as citizens, neighbors and human beings vis-à-vis determine whether it causes an improvement in the quality of life or a causes for infringement of civil liberties. An aspect which has not been dealt with the paper is what if the observer has no awareness that he/she is being observed or commonly referred as voyeurism. Though the paper provides no definitive answers on the legitimacy and moral judgments on the systems of surveillance, it has tried to meaningfully conceive of surveillance, where some see it as a legitimate technology that allows to care for the interests of everyone, whereas others see it as a powerful instrument of coercion and

Show More
Related
734 Words | 3 Pages

Standing Up to Turn off the Cameras* [1] Every morning at the beginning of the school day, I stand and pledge my allegiance to the American flag reciting at the close, “with liberty and justice for all.” [2] The flag represents loyalty to my country as well as the freedom and equality my country grants me. When these rights are threatened by unfair and misused government surveillance, I question my daily allegiance. I want to feel safe in my school, my community, and my home, but I also do not want to feel that Big Brother’s watchful eye may endanger this security. [3] Although surveillance cameras can solve crimes, these monitoring systems can also negatively impact justice and privacy.

Read More
227 Words | 1 Pages

Great Britain was the most powerful government in the world in the time of the American revolution, it had a reputable navy and army. Britain’s government style was a monarchy with a parliamentary system, which was implemented in the colonies. Following The seven years war British troops were stationed in the U.S. colonies war this and the war combined put Britain in a great amount of debt. In order to pay debts parliament needed to create revenue, so Grenville who was the prime minister and the British government introduced the sugar and currency act, along with these acts it created more taxes including, the Stamp act, Coercive acts, and Townshend acts. These all angered the colonists because they were not being properly represented in

Read More
571 Words | 3 Pages

By using strong supporting arguments In the essay entitled, Everyone is Watching You, by Nadine Strossen. Strossen’s goal in the essay is to influence her readers that surveillance cameras do more damage than good, and that something needs to be done to eliminate them. Her controversy on this matter was very vigorous, Strossen convincingly argues that surveillance cameras are an atrocious idea and needs to be stopped. She does a satisfying job of catering to her viewers in her essay. With a topic that pertains to everybody, she takes the opportunity to use this to her convenience.

Read More
1281 Words | 6 Pages

Many people claim that racism no longer exists; however, the minorities’ struggle with injustice is ubiquitous. In the “Anything Can Happen With Police Around”: Urban Youth Evaluate Strategies of Surveillance in Public Places,” Michelle Fine and his comrades were inspired to conduct a survey over one of the major social issues - how authority figures use a person’s racial identity as a key factor in determining how to enforce laws and how the surveillance is problematic in public space. In the beginning of the article, she used the existed survey reports to support and justify their purpose to perform this survey. The survey analyzed urban youth interactions with authority figures, comprising police, educators, social workers and security guards.

Read More
979 Words | 4 Pages

3. The Naturalization of the Prison Industrial Complex The United States prison industrial complex was naturalized when incarceration became numerous stratified, racialized and gendered images of who is labeled as criminal and what is considered criminal behavior. The prison industrial complex adoption of imprisonment and policing as a means of punishment and control through pop culture, education, society, family, institutions, and cognitive thought processes. It is a constant recognition of the consequences manufactured from deviance but also serves as a buttress to what is considered lawful justice.

Read More
798 Words | 4 Pages

It is very important to use surveillance, but if you use it unjustly it can give more power to public order than individual rights. It causes a similar problem as the ones mentioned before, that it can prove challenging to identify if you had a good reason to use surveillance. You might not always know if you have a good enough reason to use surveillance, but you should exercise your best judgement to decide whether or not to use

Read More
541 Words | 3 Pages

Soon after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the United States felt the need to increase security and create something that would help the government prevent another attack. In came the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is laws passed that kept up with new technology to be able to keep up with the more sophisticated criminals. Many of the ideas I agree with and see as routes to keep the government officials on the right track; however, there is one part I feel is an unnecessary part and should not have been included in the Act. I personally don't believe that the Patriot Act has done anything to help prevent terrorist attacks.

Read More
669 Words | 3 Pages

While there are still debates on the exact scope of government surveillance, the fact that there have been steps taken to limit its excesses shows that the United States values individual rights. As technology advances and security threats evolve, it will be important for policymakers to continue to evaluate the role of surveillance in national security and ensure that privacy protections are not sacrificed in the name of

Read More
1390 Words | 6 Pages

Surveillance is becoming increasingly integrated into human lives. Seemingly inconsequential minutiae like how long one spends in line at a grocery store or how many times a headline is clicked on a social media site are collected automatically by both public and private institutions. Whatever we do and wherever we go, there is likely some trace of it. This has led to great debates about the right to privacy, how much surveillance is too much, and under what circumstances surveillance is justifiable. Film and Television play important roles in these debates and in the way in which the public conceptualizes the utility and threat of surveillance more generally.

Read More
609 Words | 3 Pages

CITIZENFOUR ESSAY I believe everyone needs to have privacy, and privacy is a condition that on my opinion, should not be violated. Because it is the right to keeps people’s matters and relationships secret. The NSA, CIA and GCHQ are logging into people’s lives according to Edward Snowden in the movie ‘’Citizenfour’’. I don’t think what they are doing is okay, because I consider it is an invasion on private life.

Read More
1315 Words | 6 Pages

Big brother implies the authority that regulates and monitors information and citizens. Currently, technology developments such as closed-circuit television, black box, cell phone, and a bunch of search engines, allow to record every moves that people make and to give rise to surveillance society. Surveillance society has two sides of the coin. In this essay, I will deliver pros and cons about surveillance society and possible solutions to deal with the issue.

Read More
2503 Words | 11 Pages

The focus of this Extended Essay is to evaluate the problems that lie in the department of surveillance within the workplace. By definition, Surveillance is the use of IT to monitor the actions of people. For example, monitoring may be used totrack, record and assess employees’ performance. (“Surveillance”, 1.7, itgswikispaces, web, 2014). Social and Ethical issues are the primary problems that not only employees but also employers face with the topic of surveillance.

Read More
842 Words | 4 Pages

Out of these video surveillance system published in the literature, a total of 5 works has been reviewed and compared. Index Terms—

Read More
853 Words | 4 Pages

government took the use of surveillance to the next level. This level is unprecedented and unheard in human history. The government uses internet to surveil people’s private information. Several things happening around us that we don’t recognize in today’s world,. One of the things is the surveillance program.

Read More
868 Words | 4 Pages

Credibility I myself experienced this where the lack of surveillance made me vulnerable to evil doers. Many years ago, my gadget was robbed at a shopping mall and I was unable to find the criminal since no one witnessed the incident. C. Preview/Thesis Now, with my atrocious experience, I am here to encourage you to support the use of Closed Circuit Televisions or CCTVs in public areas by presenting its applications in increasing security and to clarify that its usage is not a breach of privacy. Transition:

Read More

More about The Dangers Of Surveillance

Related Topics

Open Document