surveillance

[Ester O]

This is what I've found in this site:

http://www.diyspy.co.uk/HowToTellIfYour ... tched.html

It’s fair to assume you’re always under surveillance in public places such as shops, banks, hotel lobbies, restaurants, government buildings, transportation hubs, and schools. As a security expert for a world-famous retailer recently noted, there’s not a square foot of sales floor that isn’t covered by a surveillance camera. People tend to accept monitoring as a safety precaution anywhere the public gathers and where signs advise that observation is taking place.

You can also take it for granted that your buying and viewing habits are being documented. We all know there are records of our phone calls, purchases with credit or -censured- cards, video rentals, library usage, Internet surfing, financial transactions, voter registration, driving records, medical treatment, education, professional licensure, and criminal history. Any of these can be retrieved if and when the situation warrants, although it might require a court order.

There are some areas of your life where the protection of your privacy is more customary and you might want to know if you’re being watched.

I'll hope you'll like it!

Ester

[cacahu83]

I think that there are a lot of people worried about privacy. New technology allows to access to a lot of information. This information must be public data but some times the line between public and private data is very thing.
Internet is a very big and unknown world, so it is very difficult to control it. In some sites on the Internet people put private data and they can limit the access to its own information. But, there are some gaps in these politics of privacy and hackers could access without permission.
Nowadays, legal people are working to improve and get stronger these politics of privacy.

[estherm]

WATCHING THEM WATCHING YOU.

Hi Ester and Cacahu83.

I agree with both, and I like the list that Ester have about our buying and viewing habits that are avaible. Also, I think the same than cacahue83 who say that politician are working to improve our privacy rights.

Currently, there are several websites like Google Earth, maps of the cities, traffic cameras that you can consult in the website, with a lot of pictures. You can found people who walk in the street.

A lot of satellites have military and defence services and there are uses by control of people. I don’t have any problem with theses controls, because I never think about it. However, we have more and more control and our privacy is decreasing.

Regards,
ESther