"People think our country and society will be safe, harmonious and perfect when there is more camera surveillance, however this can be called naïve to say the least.
I see your point but i have to disagree. People who take camera's might do that as a way to protect them selves. Its a way to fight back. Its not that they expect a perfect world. It might even be the opposite they expect something will happen therefore a camera. Thats not naive thats realistic.
When i was arrested innocent i was glad it was on camera so i could prove that i wasn't the guy on camera. (Same colour clothes, eyes.)
And when i was in the weed suspencerie and it got robbed, while i got a gun in my neck. I wish it were on camera so that there was more chance to get the ones who did it.
There are plenty of cases were they solved a crime through video footage. But the comment is getting too long as it it.
"Think of all the shameful moments in your life. From peeing in open air, throwing cigarette buds onto the road (occasionally), singing while we cannot, to let ourselves go while being drunk
I rather not :D but If they solve a murder case and im on camera peeing in public.. So be it.
Do i like al this big brother is watching you... Of course not.
Also I understand where you coming from, and also I kinda agree with providing data to solve things we like to solve, including crime.
All positive has its negative sides as well. More surveillance is less privacy. When used only for the good, then nothing wrong. However, when used for the bad, then everything is wrong. The danger is that we take small steps allowing forces to invade our privacy more and more for good reasons, to eg prevent some crime; But after taking many of those small steps, we will come to a point of no return and we only need a couple of bad actors to abuse the power one has when being able to track individuals in society. Somewhere we need to draw some lines and I think we need to draw it between voluntary and obligatory. Today, providing camera footage to the police is on voluntary bases, the police union likes this to be obligatory. Did you read the book 'The Circle' by Dave Eggers? A different approach to big brother as George Orwell took, one of voluntary transparency by wearing a camera as a third eye; The book shows in what this can turn into, something nobody wants.
I agree big time. Before you know it we're trapped with a chip in our butts. I basically agree with whole your post only not that people expect to be safer with more cameras.
Makes total sense to me. And i really dislike other privacy issues. Like giving up my mine fingerprint years ago for my id card. I asked the women behind the counter do you ever have people who refuse? Nope I was the first one asking questions about it.
How people are not thinking of long term implications of their actions :(