Blog Entry 1: What are the advantages of CCT surveillance?

With the increase in technology over the past years, there have been many new inventions like the CCT surveillance cameras.  Are they a great help to our modern society or are they merely taking away every semblance of our privacy?

I believe that in this case, the pros outweigh the cons. With CCT surveillance, we are granted a greater sense of security. For example, if you are being stalked, you can use the cameras to find out who the stalker is, and give the tape over to the police for investigation. It would then be very, very important as evidence.

Also, it allows you to keep a greater watch on your home, even when you are not around. There have been cases of maids abusing children in recent years, and installing the cameras can certainly help to prevent or at least reduce the number of cases of the abuse of young children and the elderly by the maids. For example, there was a case where a maid was caught on tape abusing a two and a half year old child. Would this be possible without CCT surveillance?

It will also save on manpower. Instead of assigning a person to keep watch on a specific area, when he could be more productive elsewhere, I believe that using the CCT surveillance is a much better alternative. With such technology, a person can keep watch on various areas, rather than keeping watch on an area and potentially ruining the operation.

Of course, there have been many concerns and criticism like the lack of privacy it would cause, but in this case, is the need for privacy greater than our desire for security and safety? I don’t believe so.