Surveillance cameras in banks, officers, shops and streets have been very successful in reducing crime in the workplace and in public, but they are also a tool for their users to spy on people private business. What problems do the use of surveillance cameras create? Is there any solution?

I agree with Ziya Tong regarding her opinion about the risk of surveillance for our society. I strongly believe it is better to tackle some dangers than

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spied ON us because if

citizens

allow

this

police rule, society will lose freedom and democracy will be at stake. At the same time, communities with high levels of

trust

use less harsh measures against the population than surveillance ones.

For example

, some nordic countries have prisons without bars, and the prisoners live in share flats. Despite

this

, there is a lower rate OF crime than in countries with watching harsher policies. China comes to mind when considering a country

that is

a case in point. They have a dictatorship rule, and apps track the movements of their

citizens

. Is

this

the way we want to live? The more a society is under watch, the more its human rights are suppressed.

Citizens

with

this

sort of rule become divided and broken: if they follow the rules, leaders consider them good

citizens

, and they are rewarded, but they must harm others.

On the contrary

, people who refuse to follow the orders of the government are punished and ostracised

instead

. Undoubtedly,

trust

is swept aside in these states. Is it possible to reverse the path towards monitored societies? I think we are at a transition point in history. Companies are spying on us on the internet, and we are unaware of the dangers of being tracked,

such

as children and teenagers’ data being collected with the purpose of addressing ads, without mentioning how frustratingly difficult it is to stop them because there are not yet efficient rules to protect users.

However

,

this

will change if awareness raises. Not only is

trust

at stake but

also

freedom. Companies have already spied on us with computers and other smart devices,

such

as vacuums which record us at our homes without permission. To summarise, it is crystal clear that it is more disadvantageous to place

trust

in the hands of artificial intelligence

instead

of investing in human education to build stronger and better human communities.