"The Transparent Society"

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This paper discusses how, in "The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?", David Brin examines how privacy as it was known a quarter of a century ago is gone forever and how citizens of the world have very tough decisions to make regarding how this new technology will be used, and, more importantly, who will be in control. It examines the author's main points and critically evaluates the author's arguments.

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"There is little debate as to whether security video cameras are responsible for decrease in crime or act as important aides in the war on crime. More than a decade ago, the city of King's Lynn in Britain installed sixty remote controlled video cameras to scan its notorious trouble spots and report to police headquarters (Brin 5). The project resulted in a reduction in street crime to "one seventieth of the former amount," with the equipment costs paid in full in a matter of months (Brin 5). Dozens of cities and towns have followed King's Lynn example, resulting in impressive statistics. There was a sixty-eight percent drop in crime citywide Glasgow, Scotland and in Newcastle, some 1,500 perpetrators were convicted with taped evidence, while more than a hundred and fifty faces from a soccer game rampage were published in local newspapers and identified in a matter of days (Brin 5)."

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