Surveillance can have both positive and negative connotations. The positive outlook on surveillance is the function of protection. The reading mentions that surveillance can be described as monitoring, tracking, observing, etc., meaning that these devices can be used for protection and promote safety. However, the advancement of technology has caused mass surveillance. One’s privacy has become questioned and there is now a lack of trust within our society due to mass surveillance. Teens are constantly being surveilled, whether it’s through their school or home lives. In school, teens are forced to turn in assignments on specific platforms, TurnItIn for instance, that have the ability to determine if their work is plagiarized or not. At home, parents force their kids to download tracking apps that allow parents to be in control and aware of their children’s whereabouts. Although these apps can be seen as forms of protection, these things expose the lack of trust that is arising within our society, due our growing access to technology and new forms of technology.
