More and more today people are making use of GPS systems, small electronic devices that allow us to tap into a satellite network and locate our position on the globe to within a couple of yards. However, many privacy advocates are worried, because the police are using this technology for tracking suspects. Should there be any restrictions on the government's ability to precisely track your every move? I believe that the use of such technology can be beneficial to the police in their quest to catch wanted criminals. However, i believe that so should be done only by court orders and by fallowing the laws of the country. The idea that someone can watch your every move strikes me as creepy and illegal.
Another well known controversial method that Police are using to track people down are the CCTV cameras. A perfect example of this method is the city of London in United Kingdom. London has 10,000 "crime-fighting" CCTV cameras which cost £200 million. But an analysis of the publicly funded spy network, which is owned and controlled by local authorities and Transport for London, has cast doubt on its ability to help fight crime. Moreover, people there are told that surveillance cameras are never abused by their operators, each of whom can supposedly be trusted not to use the awesome technology at their disposal to engage in despicable or outright illegal behaviour. When thinking about all the controversy surrounding the issue, I believe that even though CCTV cameras can in some cases help to solve crimes in major part I see them as a tool that invades ordinary people's privacy.
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