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    cons of video surveillance Today‚ more or less in different countries‚ it doesn’t matter if you take a walk in the streets‚ go to a store‚ or maybe visit a friend’s home‚ you will most likely end up on a videotape. Video surveillance is a highly debated subject all around the world. Some say that video surveillance is necessary and some say that it’s an invasion of privacy. Who’s right? According to Will Bryne in his article Orwell rolls in his grave: Britain’s endemic surveillance cameras talk

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    Home Security and Video Surveillance using GSM Modem Sneha Fotedar [1]‚ Tanvi Agarwal [2]‚ Shaheen Shaikh [3]‚ Preety [4] Department of Computer Engineering AISSMS IOIT University of Pune {snehafotedar‚ tanvi.ag0607‚ shaikhshahheen‚ preety032}@gmail.com Nowadays‚ researchers experience continuous growth in network surveillance. The reason being is the instability incidents that are happening all around the world. Therefore‚ there is a need of a smart surveillance system for intelligent monitoring

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    Government Surveillance Imagine a world where your every move was being monitored. A dark world where it is no secret who you are‚ where you have been and who you associate with; now include who you love‚ who you pray to and what you just ate for dinner. The word privacy doesn’t exist in such world and it is such world that we are heading to.“Big Brother is watching you!” This quote by George Orwell couldn’t have been truer. Every aspect of our lives is being sorted through as Big Data this very

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    Running head: DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE 1 DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE Marianna Dannelley March 26‚ 2014 Running head: DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE 2 Have you ever wondered if you ever being watched? Almost like every time you go through a stop light or at an ATM machine‚ that someone knows your every move? Well they

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    There are many various security applications of electronic surveillance nowadays. They include smoke detectors‚ electronic monitoring bracelets‚ burglar alarms‚ baby monitors‚ motion sensors and lights‚ video cameras‚ audio listening and recording devices‚ key cards and smart cards‚ computer monitoring software‚ phone calls monitoring devices‚ biometric surveillance devices and many others. The main goal of all surveillance equipment and software is to prevent crime or illegal actions

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    Michel Foucault- Right of Death and Power over Life The concept is important. Don’t get to the details. * In ancient Roman times‚ power of the sovereign over his subjects could be exercised in an absolute and unconditional way. The king had the authority to directly expose the life of his subjects in times of war and thus he held an indirect power over them of life and death. * During the classical age in the West‚ this death that was based on the right of the sovereign was not manifested

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    Foucault and Nietzsche share similar genealogies regarding the relationship of body and power in “modern” humans. However‚ Foucault adapted Nietzsche’s concepts as stepping-stones for different genealogical theories. Largely in regard as to how moderns were made through the training and discipline of bodies. According to Foucault‚ the individual is a modern concept‚ that whose origin‚ or genealogy was constructed from institutions power. For Nietzsche‚ the individual is an effect of social relationships

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    Jared Day Mr. Ruffolo Perspectives 12 20 October 2014 Surveillance It is safe to say that people live in an age where it is possible to say that one is alone and privacy doesn’t exist. People are always being watched‚ tracked‚ listened to‚ and investigated. In the book 1984 one of the main topics would be that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” ( 2). Wherever they go‚ they feel as if they are being watched. If not by the thought police‚ then they are being watched by the telescreens. A world

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    Ms. Jacqueline Kerr 17 April 2012 The All-Seeing Eye Have you ever had the feeling that you are being watched? It could be the guy across the room‚ your grandmother in heaven‚ or even Santa Claus all the way from the North Pole. The idea of surveillance can work to evoke feelings of guilt‚ fear‚ and security. We‚ as Americans‚ are fortunate enough to live in a country that encourages people of all cultures and ethnicities to thrive together. A country that places essentially no limitations on

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    The quote above illustrates how Foucault claimed that being aware of constant surveillance created a sense of self-governance. Even tough there was not any set laws due to the fear Big Brother installed‚ the citizens of Oceania lived very precautious‚ uncertain of when or how they would break the law. Winston was constantly blocking out any thoughts not regarding big brother. The constant surveillance consequently created a sense of always policing themselves. Winston made sure he maintained a good

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