Mass Surveillance

Mass surveillance is persistent surveillance of population overall. It is used to determine many factors among the existing population. For instance monitoring the presence of disease in the entire population in case of epidemics can be easily made by the mass surveillance. The technology has been widely used in United Kingdom. The country is the pioneer of the mass surveillance. Mass surveillance erodes privacy and we can keep a check on the entire population of a country or the world. The application has proved advantageous in the recent time, as we are able to track information about various things. The mass surveillance is among the most important changes that have been brought by the human mind after the Second World War.

Although the technology has many advantages but many people are offended by intrusion in their privacy. It is our constitutional right, right to freedom and liberty, and the mass surveillance technology is proving heavy on it.

In London, the payment system known by the name of Oyster system can track all the unknown passengers travelling in public transport easily. The technology can be used to track the criminal through the world and he can be easily arrested. In communication systems as well with the use of interception modernisation programme the number of websites visited, dialled phone number and the emails sent can be tracked easily through the computer networks and computers. Telephone companies now can maintain a record of telephone calls and text messages for over 12 months for every individual.