Surveillance cameras are a new tool and the majority of Americans approve of the use of surveillance. Maybe that’s because they are fed up with the increase in crime. But, there isn’t an increase in crime, there is just an increase in the media coverage of criminal events. The technology is also making this possible.
Surveillance cameras are a relatively new technology. And the technology is getting better with each passing month. The images are now in high definition color instead of the old grainy, blurry black and white images. And, people have said for years that there is too much data to review so it doesn’t matter if someone has stored video. But, software developers are creating applications that digitally compare and analyze the video so that humans are not required to manually view the videos.
We are fast approaching and creating an environment where citizens will or can be kept under 24 hour surveillance. This creates the possibility of a government forcing complete and total obedience.
Does this sound crazy? Of course it does! It also sounds scary! Communities are already installing red light cameras at intersections and radar speed detectors on highways. What’s to prevent having these devices installed on every intersection and every highway. Then, a drive in the car will be like driviing a car on a track at Disney. Every car goes the same speed. Is that what you want? Mom used to always say “Be careful what you ask for, because you might just get it.”

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