Nobody can be too careful these days. But for goodness sake, you’re just having dinner in the diner, not planning an attack. You’ve been a loyal customer ever since the diner opened in 1997, and now you are being watched by spy cameras that do not care if you’re a loyal customer or if you own the joint. The electronic eyes just watch coldly and without bias.
Electronic surveillance becomes an intrusion when you no longer feel safe or confident even in public lavatories and rest rooms. When surveillance is used for wrong purposes like identity theft, robbery, voyeurism, and spying on the neighbors and teachers, it assumes sinister undertones.
The knowledge that there is covert electronic surveillance somewhere in a public place has transformed the way people feel about themselves. It’s one thing to want people to notice you, and another thing to be ogled at in secret when you are least prepared for it. People complain that they are feeling like criminals, conscious of their very behavior when they are just out there taking a break.
When surveillance is security
Homeowners who have video surveillance have the confidence knowing they can check on their family, pets, and property. If you are a business owner, CCTV surveillance can help you check on the volume or lack of customers, and the efficiency of your staff.
In schools electronic surveillance will deter any dastardly act and help security people respond immediately to explosive situations. In hospitals, the system can alert nurses and doctors to patients needing urgent assistance.
In airports and in other access points, electronic surveillances play crucial roles in preventing the entry of would-be or suspected terrorists in the country. To sum it up, electronic surveillance – covert or open – has its existence justified when it about national security.
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