surveillance society

"The advantages of a 'surveillance society' far outweigh the drawbacks." To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement?



A common viewpoint is that surveillance systems --such as CCTV cameras, finger prints, biometrics and facial recognition systems and so on-- are the most efficient way of providing and maintaining the public safety, but also recent research has suggested that this careful and close observation technology also could damage individual privacy.(Foster,2007) On one side, some have argued that life would be more inconvenient and less secure while aware of being tracked and monitored at all times with new and improved over protectionist system.(Weber,2008) On the other hand, however, with good management and a proper level of invasion of privacy, the ideal surveillance society in people's mind might be happening in the practice too. One could argue that who are those people that record, watch and check everything and also adds and demands the right to watch the watcher. Nevertheless people have to consider advantages more than surveillance society's infringes in order to provide a friendly neighbourhood.


This essay will discuss the arguments for and against surveillance society and then clarify what is known and what is unknown about surveillance and its newly created society.



-Foster,P.2007.Big Brother surveillance means no one is safe, experts warn [online] (March 27, 2007)Available at:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1572626.ece [Accessed 05.December.2008]


-Weber,J.2008.The privacy gap.[online](August 18, 2008)Available at:http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4559711.ece [Accessed 04.December.2008]

Rudys Revenge

Rudy's Revenge is the bar that i have been working for 2 months now.
Even though i had no work(bar work) experience before, they hired me as a part time worker, but now, i have become one of their regular employees since i have been working 5 days in these week.
Some people argue that working in a bar full time might make the one tired and it distracts you from school but what i experienced in here is gaining new skills and adding them to my previous ones. Of course it is exhausting to work and study at the same time but still i'm pretty much aware that i have developed so much and i'm proud of what i have become . Besides learning how to do new cocktails , i have learned new communication skills and therefore nowadays i can understand Scottish people's sayings, i also adopted a daily slang language which is very useful for me to communicate other people on daily basis ,like when i am in the underground i can ask someone how to go somewhere and the person doesn't have to ask me back if i could repeat again and again : )

Fighting crime with science

my lecture notes part1.

conducting any experiment
process forensic intelligence
insider => who must have know professor
crime event is a history
disturbed by evidence
finger prints: invisible to the naked eye, visible in black light, reacts with acid

*most criminals are a little bit smart

DNA detection: DNA's are unique . Only identical twins have the same DNA

*crime scene which DNA was taken from
-closer look at the desk (dust contained DNA)
-hair of murderer
-dust in the air contained 100 DNA cells

forensic laboratory : most reliable way yet

DNA: twisted ladder, maintain life, A,G,T proteins repeat
in UK, 1/60000 , the rate of the chance of having the same dna
-drug,roof,hair, follicular.. dissolve the protein

DNA evidence ; small piece is enough because technology improved too much

*unsolved crimes are now can be cleared up with information transformation

measure the lens of DNA
nationale DNA database: 1/1000000 (in the future =>decode the DNA)

*genetic photo to trace the killer

ESLA (Electrostatic Lifting Apparatus) : distinguished to the naked eye
-electrons are transferred one material to the other (6000 watt)

*type of shoe identified (unique footprint, markings of the shoe)

gunshot residue : detecting the presence of residue
recognition: spotted by witness

VIPER: video identification procedure
human level in recognition is very hard , that's why facial recognition systems are used . they treat the face and analyze-reduce, compare with other faces, key measurements are eyes , nose , mouth etc.

blind fold: forehead face shape, facial recognition

autopsy record
computers help piece together all the evidence
analyze intelligence system developed by the police aims to reduce the work

*new system:creating people for committing crime (names ,addresses, other people )

CCTV: over 400, scrutinized town public security
automatic plate recognition

surveillence society vocabulary research

crime prevention
detection rates
meeting targets
community support officers
limited powers
police bureaucracy
a victim of crime
overall crime rate
government initiatives
bent coppers
causes of crime
curb their defense

biometric
automatically identify individuals
transmit facial images
mobile format
iris recognition
identity card

fingerprint scanning systems
iris scan
intuitive and it is not intrusive
biometric security
proliferation of varied platforms
lowest common denominator
have their eyes photographed
capture the unique iris patern
verifying identity
reduce identity fraud
watch list

electronically monitored had his/her tag fitted
the curfew conditions
juveniles
drain resources from
disenchantment
re offending rate
electronic voice verification
satellite tracking
robust
haphazard
the learning curve