Surveillance means the act of putting someone under close observation if they are being suspicious by a higher power such as governments. That act has been used by plenty to keep limits and create a safe society. Now according to some articles, there are many types of surveillance, for example in the piece written by Ball and Snider (2013), they both define the surveillance-industrial complex as a method that examines the intersections of capital and the neo-liberal state in promoting the emergence and growth of the surveillance society. The article mentions how today’s surveillance emerged in unpredictable and non-linear ways. Some many causes and effects shaped the act as it now, plus there are many involvements such as the engagement of the military. The latter helped in controlling external enemies. Also, it is used by many big companies in the industry such as Facebook, by the information they have they are able to place surveillance on their users.
Another article was used such as the one written by Hache and Jansen that explains why surveillance is an important matter. As one knows, with the development of the internet and technology people tend to find it harder to quit using these facilities. The usage of the internet requires most of the time the creation of accounts which allows the user to share important information about oneself and share it publicly. Also, many companies tend to work with the government which gives it access to their employees’ information or having someone steal some personal information and create fake accounts of others. To prevent such actions to happen, here some steps of surveillance that could be considered: the 1st step is the reduction, users should share less online by cleaning their pages, deleting unwanted information or pictures.
Another possible step is a fortification, which means creating limits and restrict access to one’s accounts, for example, one should try covering their webcam while not using it. (Hache and Jansen, 2018)
To sum up, anything has its positive side and a negative one, surveillance could be seen as a very protective tool but also the opposite, one just needs to know how to use it right.
References:
Privacy, Surveillance and Data Tracking: Why Does it Matter for Human Rights Defenders? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ritimo.org/Privacy-Surveillance-and-Data-Tracking-Why-Does-it-Matter-for-Human-Rights
Ball, K., & Snider, L. (n.d.). The Surveillance-Industrial Complex : Kirstie Ball, Laureen Snider. Retrieved from https://www.book2look.com/embed/9781136206979
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