Now a day the surveillance is happening at almost all public places. Is it good or perceived bad by people? What are advantages and disadvantages?

Public security is paramount for every nation.

Therefore

, public

places

are being monitored with specialized cameras and people's activities are being tracked. Just as every coin has a flip side

this

surveillance

brings both positive as well as negative impacts on our life. I would discuss both the pros and cons of

this

concept ,

however

, I elucidate that the advantages on any day outweigh the disadvantages.

Surveillance

has myriad merits. The

first

and predominant

one

is the reduction in the

crime

rate.

In other words

, the

crime

rate significantly decreased especially in public

places

in the

last

few years. At initial, crimes

such

as murders, shoplifting, robberies, burglary etc were difficult to track and criminals always had a way to escape and they were not shy away from committing another

crime

. But now, the situation has changed, everybody is being monitored properly by police to lower the

crime

rate. To exemplify

this

point, I would quote an example of Mumbai's terrorist attack in 1993 that killed thousands of people and every attack was on public

places

such

as trains, parks, and markets. If those

places

would have monitored, Mumbai police would have stopped

such

attacks.

Furthermore

,

one

more convincing point that can not be ignored is the economy. Some public

places

for example

theatres, national parks, stations, museums etc. generate revenue for the country. If people don't visit those

places

due to fear factors

then

it has an adverse impact on the economy which is not an ideal scenario for any nation.

On the other hand

, no

one

can deny the demerits of

surveillance

.

One

of the biggest problems with

this

is that the data is being sold to analytical companies for marketing purposes. I think everyone has the right to privacy and should be respected. To justify, google tracks every activity you perform on your phone and share it with Facebook for marketing purpose. To overcome

this

, authorities should enforce strict legislation to mitigate

this

problem. In conclusion, I recapitulate that there are innumerable strong arguments that support

surveillance

and how it positively impacts our life.

Although

there are some negatives they can be controlled with stringent countermeasures. I would end

this

essay by saying: Precaution is better than Prevention