In the UK, internet-eyes, is an online live-stream provider of cctv cameras that allows subscribers to help catch theft. It does seem creepy to give anyone the ability to subscribe and become a user of these cctv cameras and sit there and watch surveillance.
In this article, cctv cameras are portrayed to not be effective in the fight against crime.
Read article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8159141.stm
The use of cctv cameras in britain is quite astonishing. It appears there is 14 cameras for every person. This article:
claims the average brit is caught on camera 300 times a day. Quite awkward to imagine being able to rewind or watch where a person went, what time and when.
Would installing these cameras make you feel safe at home? Is it legal?
More over, the issues of privacy vary between companies using the cctv cameras. I read an article stating one of the ways to respect privacy was to have people wear "colored markers such as hats or vests," that would blur or hide faces. As expressed here: http://www.springerlink.com/content/n1l0365n152u0807/
Using these cameras may not be as effective with the fight against crime but, maybe they can help a little and still be respectful of privacy.
1 comment:
I think that being exposed to cameras more than 300 times a day is quite overwhelming. Nonetheless, if we think about it we are exposed to cameras throughout the day that we don't event acknowledge. For example, the gas station, supermarket, even at a red light.
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