Monday, November 7, 2011

Yvone Jewkes: "Crime and the Surveillance Culture"

In the article it mentions that we have experienced a rapid growth in the use of surveillance and it's like Big Brother watching us all the time and it doesn't even bother us because I think it's because we are so used to it. Some new technologies are created to track criminals or to prevent illegal acts but they should know that the criminals will always be 5 steps ahead of them. New technology also creates new loop holes for them to get around the system. I don't think there will ever be a way or stopping them from watching our every move. We are always being watched from our finger prints being taken, them watching our every move on the internet, they have cameras at every stop light, they can monitor our cell phones and land lines and our gps systems in our car.  Technology is just getting better year after year and won't ever go away. Jewkes makes a good point that surveillance at the end is a good thing. They are just trying to protect us and it reduces fear in our society.

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