Balancing surveillance

Balancing surveillance
Scott Granneman, 2005-11-01

With camera and network surveillance now commonplace, and database abuse continuing to appear, how do we balance the positive side of security along with its potential for abuse?

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-02
Anonymous (1 replies)

The surveillance equipment mentioned in the article are mostly on private property where individual business owners are trying to protect their interests...what's wrong with that????

The Dutch "birth till death" database is expected of a liberal European nation...as long as it stays there...

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Re: Balancing surveillance 2005-11-02
Anonymous

I find it interesting that the comments made by this person were posted as Anonymous.
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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-02
Alexey Vesnin

Have you seen an "Equilibrium" movie? If you haven't - I strongly recommend you to do so. Because theese facts are the very beginning of a system, that is shown at that movie. We are the creators of our own Haven an at the same moment we're our own executors in Hell... I think we should spli the wor...

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-02
Anonymous

We've already heard of crooked employees stealing credit card information for nefarious purposes. Now I'm supposed to trust them not to steal my fingerprints? What happens when point-of-sale biometrics become more widespread? I happen to live very close to Jefferson County, Colorado. I can assur...

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-02
Anonymous

Something else to remember.
For every camera/information database that exists, someone (probably several someones) is trying or will try to access it illegally.
Also, you may trust the people in charge of it now, but will you be able to trust all the people who will ever have access to it? "Powe...

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-03
LoneD

Thanks for your article.
It seems to have something in common with /Watching the Watchers/ by Matthew Tanase http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/318 .
Security and privacy are sometimes incompatible. While I am logging my enterprise proxy I can easily watch over all employees? internet activi...

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-04
Anonymous

Part of the attitude you see in your class is brought about by a systematic reformating of children to accept the will of the government as always in the right. Check out http://johntaylorgatto.com/underground/toc1.htm when you get the opportunity. Its lengthy but well worth it. ...

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In related news... 2005-11-04
Anonymous

There is an interesting explanation of what makes camera surveillance such a problem in a politech post today.

http://www.politechbot.com/2005/11/04/how-the-mpaa/

Relevant quote:

"The threat is that if you do not behave as
the camera holder asks, the recording of your
actions will b...

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search engine? 2005-11-05
bipin

so, What do you think abt. web crawler.(e-survilance)

I've have frens that have posted some PERSONAL stuffs on the internet; But few years later ( when he grows a bit older and understands the meaning of privacy... and how such things might be misused so easily) he asks the admin of such sites ...

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-05
Tom at clearwood.co.uk

Here in Scotland we have CCTV cameras all over our towns, hundreds of them. People don't seem to mind at all, and the truth is, nobody's watching the screens, and it's all a bit of a sham. After a year or two, the cameras start going wrong, and there isn't the money to fix em. Funny old world....

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-07
Hakuoni

On a whole I agree that people should have privacy, but it all depends on where and prior knowledge.

The main sticking point with me is prior knowledge. If someone is going to film me, record me, monitor my actions, etc, if I am provided with prior knowledge of this, then I am *far* less bothered...

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Balancing surveillance 2005-11-09
Anonymous

Privacy? I never herd of it, at least in western countries .
I think it is absurd that we have pass ports. If you wanted to avoid
"Big Brother", then you are to late. Everything is already in place, all that is needed
is the infrastructure. I do not mind, "Big Brother". The problem is the system ...

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Balancing surveillance 2006-02-15
Anonymous

Yep. Just remember the security admin's unofficial credo:

"The fact that you're always paranoid doesn't stop the bad guys from always being out to get you."...

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