Many people in this day and age do not actually notice that their daily activities are being kept under constant surveillance by governments, the police and privately owned companies. Is this a development that we should welcome? This essay will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this development and my opinion will be presented with supporting evidence.
There are various reasons why it might be considered as beneficial to keep track of what people are doing. Firstly, security cameras is getting familiar with human life as they allow people to supervise what is happing in their hourses or workplaces. For example, because of these cameras, it would be a lot easier for employers to know if their employees are neglecting the work without their presence. Moreover, the use of security cameras may also acts as a deterrent to criminals. If a crime is carried out, then a camera may provide useful evidence. The same is true for cellphone, the police sometimes rely on call logs to help them trace the whereabouts of suspects or victims.
On the other hand, there are a number of concerns. The most negative aspect is clearly a leak of information. This may seem inoffensive to ordinary citizens, the reality is that the use of security cameras and listening devices may strip people of their personal space, especially celebrities since the private information can probably be exposed to the public at any time by some anonymous people who are able to hack data from those devices. There is also a very different issue we should consider. Nowadays, many people upload personal information and photographs onto networking sites without realizing that how easy it is for other strangers to view this information or for the site owners to use the data and photographs for their own financial gain.
All in all, it is inevitable that there will be more and more ways to monitor society in the future. However, it is our responsibility to evaluate new technology and decide whether it do more harm than good. I personally believe that the technological progress is not worth losing our freedom.
Many
people
in this day and age do not actually notice that their daily activities are being
kept
under constant surveillance by
governments
, the police and
privately
owned
companies
. Is this a development that we should welcome? This essay will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this development and my opinion will
be presented
with supporting evidence.
There are various reasons why it might
be considered
as beneficial to
keep
track
of what
people
are doing.
Firstly
, security
cameras
is getting familiar with human life as they
allow
people
to supervise what is
happing
in their
hourses
or workplaces.
For example
,
because
of these
cameras
, it would be a lot easier for employers to know if their employees are neglecting the work without their presence.
Moreover
, the
use
of security
cameras
may
also
acts
as a deterrent to criminals. If a crime
is carried
out, then a
camera
may provide useful evidence. The same is true for cellphone, the police
sometimes
rely on call logs to
help
them trace the whereabouts of suspects or victims.
On the other hand
, there are a number of concerns. The most
negative
aspect is
clearly
a leak of
information
. This may seem inoffensive to ordinary citizens, the reality is that the
use
of security
cameras
and listening devices may strip
people
of their personal space,
especially
celebrities since the private
information
can
probably
be exposed
to the public at any time by
some
anonymous
people
who are able to hack data from those devices. There is
also
a
very
different
issue we should consider. Nowadays,
many
people
upload personal
information
and photographs onto networking sites without realizing that how easy it is for other strangers to view this
information
or for the site owners to
use
the data and photographs for their
own
financial gain.
All in all, it is inevitable that there will be more and more ways to monitor society in the future.
However
, it is our responsibility to evaluate new technology and decide whether it do more harm than
good
. I
personally
believe that the technological progress is not worth losing our freedom.