Surveillance Data
Surveillance is becoming more and more popular. While I cannot say that I approve of it, the facts are that it is going to be even more widespread in the future. Surveillance these days collects some much data that it is impossible to process it effectively. Basically, governments collect such data but they are unable to process it. There are thousands of cameras that are constantly recording video, but are they really fulfill their role besides spying on people? Can they be effective enough to apprehend criminals? I think that this question was already answered by the 9/11 attacks, as there was data pointing to an attack, but there was no way to properly analyze it on time. We must accept that we are not yet that technologically advanced to analyze all of the data we collect. While it may seem logical that it would be a good thing if we were able to instantly analyze surveillance data, the truth is more complicated. If computers were able to automatically analyze all data and keep records of it, then we would virtually have no privacy. That is because computers would know our shopping habits and interests. The situation would get even worse if there were more and more cameras everyone.
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