Improvements in Surveillance
The article “A Surveillance Society” by William E Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey illustrates how the need for constant surveillance has created new technologies that are always improving. The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States prompted the growing trend in surveillance and the technology used to monitor citizens both publicly and privately. Police and the military use impressive high tech surveillance devices such as video scanners, electronic ankle monitors, and pilotless airborne spy vehicles. While these devices are not available to everyone, surveillance devices that are made available to the public continue to become more sophisticated. Surveillance systems in the private sector have improved and
The article “A Surveillance Society” by William E Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey illustrates how the need for constant surveillance has created new technologies that are always improving. The 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States prompted the growing trend in surveillance and the technology used to monitor citizens both publicly and privately. Police and the military use impressive high tech surveillance devices such as video scanners, electronic ankle monitors, and pilotless airborne spy vehicles. While these devices are not available to everyone, surveillance devices that are made available to the public continue to become more sophisticated. Surveillance systems in the private sector have improved and