Arguments Against Video Surveillance
Its rare to see criticisms of video surveillance that don’t seem knee-jerk. Most of the analysis appears lacking. This has led me on a quest for finding eloquent criticisms of video surveillance (and one that is far from finished). I recently ran across two editorials/letters against video surveillance and here is what they believe are the key issues. They can be found at the Washington Times and the Tucson Citizen.
1. There was a right to privacy in public in the past, simply because it was unfathomable that every word, movement, and gesture could be captured.
2. Surveillance starts with terrorism and ends with cameras targeting a broad range of misbehavior and even political behavior.
3. Cameras are just another technical fix to solve an enduring social problem – crime. (The subtext is that cameras are not going to solve this problem in the long run).
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