In my first blog I wrote about the UK turning into a Big Brother society with the amount of surveillance that we have. But, there is more to it than just CCTV.
Websites, the Sainsbury's Nectar card and the Tesco Clubcard and any other store cards can be seen as ways of surveillance too. They log everything that the customer buys and then sends them suggestions according to the things they have purchased.
Amazon has a recommending service which basically shows a list of things that are similar to something you have recently bought or looked at. Sainsbury's and Tesco send you vouchers for stuff that you buy and they give you points and money off as long as you buy the same things again.
You do not even have privacy in your own home as Google even targets people because it logs what you've been searching and then it sends you adverts catered to you. There is no getting away from the adverts targeting.
Anywhere that you go is tracked by CCTV. UK has the highest amount of CCTV cameras in the world alone. Is it really right that we're watched all the time? Should there be a limit to which we should be surveyed.
Although surveillance helps solve crimes and keep people safe from them, it can also cause controversy. There was recently a news story which explored the vast amount of CCTV in schools and whether it was really necessary.
I think that privacy within our own homes is starting to become less apparent. Even though we're not watched just yet, there is still the feeling that whatever you do someone will know about it. With the internet being so watchful as it is, it is only too easy to suggest that one day in the future people will not have any privacy at all especially as technology advances even more.
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