Big Brother Sucks

As a private person I don't like the fact that I'm caught on CCTV as often as I am. It's not that I'm in the habit of breaking the law I just don't like it, just as I don't like people reading over my shoulder. I don't think people need to be monitored all the time, and even when an incident occurs CCTV doesn't always help solve the issue as it should. I worked in a petrol station once and whenever someone drove off without paying we would try get their number plate from the cameras, but the quality was so bad that most of the time we couldn't.

Who is watching us anyway? Someone has to be employed to sit there and monitor the screens and try picking out 'suspicious' behaviour. It's also noted that when people know they are being watched they modify their behaviour anyway. The internet has brought about it's own security issues with some clever people creating new software to track your keystrokes and use the information to hack into your personal banking. Identity theft has also risen. Is the Internet just another way of tracking us? With thinks like facebook's Places you check in your location so people know where you are, and it can be a useful tool but it still seems a creepy to me. I don't want people to know where I am all the time as there is no need.

I've been waiting to meet someone at an agreed time and place, and still gotten the text message from them of 'where are you?'. I'll be right where I am supposed to be. If I want you to know where I am I will tell you. Technology is already apart of my life in a big way and I love being able to check my email on my phone whenever I want but as for my where abouts and what I'm up too is for me to decide to tell you. I don't need every aspect of my life broadcast and I'm concerned with you is moderating the moderators.