World Future Society

The issue of intrusive government surveillance, particularly in the form of security cameras in public places, is one of increasing concern to privacy advocates. However, according to some sociologists and technology watchers, self- surveillance -- or people recording and then publicizing themselves is having a much larger effect on society. A new video-capture system developed in the UK will allow people to record themselves using surveillance cameras. The notion of putting oneself under video surveillance may sound odd, but according to privacy experts such as Amitai Etzioni, author of The Limits of Privacy, there exists a growing trend in putting oneself on display. An increasing amount of this surveillance is going to be stored on publicly accessible databases.