The eye in the sky
Surveillance is a gradual and incessant creep, the House of Lords warns. Unchecked, we march towards a mark where every detail about an individual is recorded and pored over by both the state and private sectors.
By then, though, it will be no use asking who is watching us – because everyone will be.
THE all-seeing eye was once seen as a divine force, surrounded by dazzling rays of light from on high. Its eyelid heavy but gaze unwavering, the eye was the protective stare of a supreme being watching over us from above.
Now, though, it simply watches, often from the shadows. Peering down from security cameras as we walk the city streets, buy bread at the corner store, fill the car with petrol, or catch a taxi or tram. Tracking us through our mobile phone or when driving through a tollway to Melbourne Airport, which last year trialled “virtual strip search” security scanners. Someone’s watching while we’re surfing online, sending an email, or updating our Facebook profile to paranoid. Melbourne once held pretensions of being the city that never sleeps. Now, at least, it is the city that never shuts its eyes.
Tags: Surveillance Society
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September 2nd, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Tell me about it..walking along Queen Street in Cardiff is enough to make anyone paranoid, but when you get to a smaller place and the the cameras are still staring down at you from every angle, paranoia kicks in bigtime.
So when did it all start to happen? It is a common and well known fact that when one is born, job done, you are registered and in the system until you die, but, when did all this happen? How did we get into this state the world is in? Policing and social behaviours have a had a hand in creeping big brother into the crowds. The idea is, let the people get out of hand, let there be a need for cameras. Im sure I dont have to spell it out for you, if theres isnt a need for something or an action, then there is no object or behaviour implimented…no need for cameras only equals no crooks, no rapists, no anti social behaviour etc etc
I used to get annoyed with all this watching, but now, thinking about how nasty the world has become, Im beginning to think all this security is a good idea. I dont know anymore, I give in to surveillance on everything, I alone cannot do anything, and to get a large group to work together is almost impossible these days, everyones so complacent about everything. One thing I find so annoying is that even when I talk to someone on here about something, I get ads in my right hand colum of my email. Its just like someone is sat there watching what Im talking about every second..and yes they are…look..look at all those spiders and bots, hmmm wheres my bug spray?