Nowadays technology is increasingly being used to monitor what people are saying and doing (for example, through cell phone tracking and security cameras). In many cases, people being monitored are unaware that this is happening. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

It is true that the prevalence of technology use in tracking people’s communication and behaviour with the help of

cellphones

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cell phones

or security cameras has become increasingly popular around the world in recent years.

Although

this

trend exerts negative effects on our daily life to

certain extent

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a certain extent

, the advantages it offers are even more significant than its disadvantages. On the one hand, the act of using tracking devices to monitor whatever people say or do has several obvious drawbacks to their lives.

First

,

this

practice partly

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practice, partly

restricts humans’ freedom as well as invades their privacy.

For instance

, people are likely to feel less free and comfortable to do daily tasks when they know to be watched all the time by others.

As a result

,

this

acts as a deterrent for people to enjoy their lives fully.

Moreover

, if

such

personal information collected from supervising equipments leaked out and are utilized for wrong purposes

,

Accept space

,

citizens would even have to suffer from more serious dangers

such

as blackmail.

This

, in turn, could certainly trigger great concerns for national residents,

also

lead to their annoyance and strong oppose to those technological facilities.

On the other hand

, there are more important benefits of using technology to follow people’s behaviours. One of these advantages is that it makes

enormous contribution

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an enormous contribution

enormous contributions

to investigating

process

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the process

and punishment crime

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by

the police.

For example

, records from surveillance cameras could greatly assist the police to trace back criminals much easier and faster or prosecute them with more compelling evidence in court.

In addition

, when people realized that they are videotaped or recorded all the time, they have

tendency

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tended

to be more thoughtful of every action.

For instance

, the presence of CCTV everywhere discourages petty criminals

such

as shoplifters and pickpockets from committing offences for the fear of being recognised by others.

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Thus

,

as a result

, acts as an incentive for humans’ better behaviours, which benefits not only individuals but

also

the society as a whole. In conclusion, the use of technology to monitor every gesture and action of residents by

enhanced security

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an enhanced security

brings about more benefits than drawbacks. I recommend that those technologies should be developed better in the future.