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    Beware people , cameras are rolling. In the article “A Surveillance Society” by authors William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey, discusses its technology, government, safety, lack of privacy, and the magnitude of being under surveillance. To bring to light, on a surveilled society Thompson and Hickey, describe the surveillance systems and what they are equipped to do. Some of these devices are able to scan and analyze , what they are surveilling and recording, also notify authorities of any suspicious

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    A Surveillance Society by William Thompson and Joseph Hickey is the critique of the increased surveillance in nations across the world but more specifically the United States. This article describes what new surveillance equipment is out there and how people use it. What is interesting about this article is that it is important to everyone because the topic touches everyone's lives. It tells how governments, and criminals can use surveillance equipment to affect your life, such as taking personal

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    The article “A Surveillance Society” written by, William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey, discusses the growing trend of using cameras in public places. The British have been the most active in using public cameras and approximately 4.2 million have been placed and still growing. The United States’ surveillance are increasingly growing since 9/11. Devices such as face-recognition and “photo radar” have caught on, and the USA PATRIOT Act, expands the government’s authority to “spy” on private citizens

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    In the short story, A Surveillance Society by William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey the authors describe the benefits and non-benefits of Surveillance around the world. The author also informs society about the different types of surveillance devices that are available throughout society. There are some people who feel as though surveillance can be a valuable thing because it can identify a person who commits a crime. Or it can prevent a crime from happening such as terrorists attacks, which

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    In William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickeys article “A Surveillance Society” they inform you that cameras are basically everywhere. There are some cameras that you are aware of and then there are those that can’t be detected. The cameras are never really turned off, they’re always surveying and taking pictures 24hrs a day. High surveillance has grown dramatically all over the world in places like shopping malls and other social areas. There have been millions of cameras placed in Britain who has

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    In “A Surveillance Society” by William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey it states how surveillance technologies have impacted modern day society. In the writing the authors begin by talking about how surveillance technologies have become a growing trend everywhere in the world. Governments have greatly increased the amount of surveillance used and have thus created a way to gather an astonishing amount of personal data on its citizens. Surveillance technologies have become more sophisticated with

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    The article “A Surveillance Society” by William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey is about how surveillance technology has changed over the years. The article explains the different types of surveillance cameras that exist. Why security and surveillance has grown to be the norm. The article shows the trends with other countries in the world and what they have done with the new technology. The impact of surveillance on people’s lives and what is done with the recordings and pictures is also shared

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    A Surveillance Society” By William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey states a serious dramatic of an event of consequential conflicts concerns the security of every individual’s inhabiting in the general public; Moreover, it addresses how Surveillance technologies are intervening in peoples' lives and the Government has an enormous part in it. Farther more when the United States had a terrorist attack they had to enforce surveillance upon the humanity; It was called the USA Patriot Act. The USA Patriot

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    our constantly developing world, it is becoming more and more difficult to keep our personal life private. The use of surveillance is becoming increasingly evident around the world. Surveillance is carried out in many different forms from simple methods such as video surveillance to more complex methods such as call and browser monitoring. Although it might seem that surveillance is undeniably convenient when pursuing a criminal or preventing a terrorist attack, it is often misused and many are beginning

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    While the U.S. has experienced an increase in surveillance in their police department and airports, Europe has seen this surveillance boom in the open streets. CCTV is a video surveillance transmit device that sends signals to set monitors, this technology is heavily used in the streets of Europe and has caused unease in the public. These cameras resemble a dystopian society similar to the world of surveillance that we see in novels like Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell’s 1984, and The Hunger Games

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