Surveillance society
A New York City Police Department wireless video recorder attached to a lamp post in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images
Security cameras survey public areas, such as where we withdraw money, where we shop and where we wait for buses or trains. But what happens to that information once it's viewed or recorded?
As federal security agencies and local police forces try to come up with ways to prevent terrorist attacks, this raw information is up for grabs -- and up for debate, between those who worry about privacy and those who think our privacy concerns have to give way when attacks can come from anywhere.
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