Pros And Cons Of Government Surveillance

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What would you do if you found out that you were constantly being tracked, monitored, or watched by the government? Would you agree or disagree with what theyŕe doing? Would you do something to stop it? Unfortunately we can be tracked by anybody who gets into our government's system, whether those people are hackers, or an untrusted leader. But we are not the only ones being tracked! Almost all governments across the world are spying on their citizens! Governments are tracking people through cell phones and surveillance. In fact they could access any of your information even if you hadn't committed any sort of crime. A government should not be permitted to use surveillance on their citizens because it invades citizens privacy, it costs too much, and it goes against our constitutional rights. To begin, governments should not be permitted to use surveillance on their citizens because it invades citizens privacy. In an article titled, ¨ Facial-Recognition Technology seems to unfairly target minorities¨ by Sam Levin it stated, ¨Law enforcement offices across the U.S can scan their photos and use software to track people in these …show more content…

As stated in The Pros and Cons of Surveillance Cameras, Heather Kelly said, ”CCTV cameras across Britain cost authoritys nearly 8 million dollars,” and later in the article it says that there are 1,000 surveillance cameras for every one case that is solved in Britain! This means that Britain along with other countries are spending too much money with too little success on surveillance cameras. In the same article it said that, Face and object detection is costing around 50 million dollars. This shows that countries are spending way over what they should be on surveillance and other technology to watch their citizens. Hence, governments should not be permitted to use surveillance on their citizens because it is too

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