The frantic situation created by the combined efforts of surveillance camera technology and “big data” has put the privacy of UK citizens at risk of being infested on a large scale. However, the citizens have either turned a deaf ear to this whole situation or they seem to be uncertain about the emerging threat. This might be because the threat is not taking the UK with a storm rather it is creeping its way down slowly into the society.
The two things – surveillance and privacy – seem to be poles apart. When looking into the discussions regarding the hot issue of mass surveillance, I am baffled to hear such reactionary attitudes of the parishioners saying that if one has done nothing wrong, illegal or unethical, then he should not fear his privacy being intruded by the government.
Nevertheless, a lot of citizens support this well-worn thesis. This is the reason why the government has strong footholds, through its law enforcing and spying agencies. Apart from the established surveillance programs and practices even those laws which are not meant to be perpetual, grow rapidly in a way one would refer to as “government creep.”
As a result, one would never have seen a government program discontinued. The same is the case with mass surveillance. This scenario will only be stressful for those individuals who enjoy freedom and privacy.
