I could feel this way because it's possible. Do you have the feeling you're being watched? In this day and age cameras are everywhere. In stoplights to prevent red light runners. ATM's have them for simple surveillance. In every store we go in we are monitored if a camera is in the building. We have an energy concern, but billions of hours of footage are shot of us in the US daily.
This is not all bad, it's just a privacy issue with me. Footage being caught all over could help solve a crime or bring a little girl back home. That fender bender could be resolved by one looked at the tape. As with everything it has it's pros and cons.
Who's to say the next computer we by won't already have some sort of hidden surveillance embedded into the hardware. It's hard to tell because who monitoring the monitors. With this in mind the next time you think you're alone maybe you're not.
Surveillance Society: New High-Tech Cameras Are Watching You
Published in the January 2008 issue.
Monday, March 30, 2009
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I guess I have gotten use to the "Big Brother" concept. I have always been aware that the government can watch every move I make. It does not bother me though.
ReplyDeleteI think the idea of putting web cams or other camera devices in the hardware of PCs would be cool!