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

It is true that technological devices

such

as surveillance

video

or mobile

phone

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phones

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are utilised for monitoring public

activities

these days. In the most common case, many

people

do not realise that they are being monitored.

Although

the

existence

of these devices has some drawbacks, I do believe that it has more benefits for our communities and the following essay will discuss it in details. On the one hand, it is reported the usage of technological tools has increased,

such

as

video

cameras that are placed everywhere by

authorities

and the tracking of individuals' cellular

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phones

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using satellite technology. These acts are unfavourable for some

people

since

authorities

do not inform their residents about the

activities

. Some

people

believe that

this

is against human rights and freedom, where

people

should have their own privacy.

Besides

that,

this

monitoring data could be misused by the member of the

authorities

, as the data could be sold to another party for business or political purposes.

On the other hand

, the

existence

of CCTV in public places and satellite tracking of mobile phones would bring many advantages for

the

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humankind if they are used appropriately.

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existence

of these

video

monitoring

activities

, it would help the police department in preventing and investigating any

crime

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activities

. And

then

, with the sophisticated satellite tracking technology, it could help

authorities

in tracing crime persons, as they could search the

existence

of criminals through the signal of mobile phones. It has been proven that

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the usage of these sophisticated technologies, it has reduced the number of crimes in many countries. In conclusion, it is common that governments use advanced technology devices

such

as

video

camera

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cameras

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and handphone tracking

system

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systems

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to monitor their residents'

activities

. And in common cases, these monitoring

activities

are not informed and socialised to the public,

therefore

some

people

believe that they are against human's privacy policy. In my personal opinion, I do believe that these

activities

have more positive sides than

its

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negatives if

authorities

use

it

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properly.