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Digital Video Surveillance Equipment can be Both a Boon and a Burden.

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Digital video surveillance equipment is getting a lot of attention lately in the wake of the recent terrorist attacks.

Previously, people objected to the electronic eyes recording their moves; today it is not only accepted but preferred also.

In today’s environment, an individual can never be too safe when it comes to his family and home.

One of the great advantage of surveillance equipment is that things and faces can be more clearly seen due to the improved optics and zooming.

The resolution is also of top quality, which means you are not getting pixelated video.

The digital videos are easy to store and track as compared to old analog tapes.

Surprisingly, digital video surveillance equipment is cheaper than any other type of surveillance system.

Digital video surveillance has proven to be an extremely good deterrent to criminal activities and provides valuable evidence in the criminal lawsuits.

Surveillance does not come without its downsides though.

In the wake of recent terror scenarios, video surveillance has become a threat to society’s rights to privacy and freedom.

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Equipment for Security?

Events such as the 9/11 terrorist attack in the United States of America along with the constant threat of further terror attacks has resulted in the growing popularity of digital video surveillance equipment than any time before.

This equipment allows for remote control of cameras combined with better video capturing abilities.

This means than an individual monitoring the cameras can not only see the picture more clearly, the equipment can be deployed more easily in public places.

Most importantly, the data is stored digitally and not on tape, which means that it can be recovered instantaneously.

Digital video surveillance is commonplace in the American workplace.

A majority of firms today rely on digital video surveillance to monitor cash registers, verify time clock compliance, watch employees in training, as well as help with employee productivity by providing valuable feedback.

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Disastrous Consequences for Society

Digital video surveillance while making life easier for those monitoring criminals, it also makes life easier for criminals monitoring common people for their own dastardly motives.

Privacy concerns abound in the Patriot act, which enables the government to monitor what people are doing in their day to day lives.

What this means then, is that not only do we not have any right as such, to our own privacy, it also means that what we don’t wish to disclosed, can be disclosed by force.

Is this really a desirable social structure? If there’s one thing that history has taught us, it’s that major government initiatives to secure us have only made us insecure about ourselves.

Having digital video surveillance equipment in public places means they can be installed in toilets and other areas of public convenience.

Granted, these places are prone to criminal activity but the last thing one needs is for the government to have too much information that they can abuse.

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Potential Losses

Like everything else in life, there are disadvantages to the usage of digital video equipment.

For instance, the new wireless cameras are prone to video theft if someone knows the right frequency.

Signals can be jammed to scramble or block the signal so that it does not register properly in the monitors.

Also, they are not appropriate for long-term surveillance because transmitting the signal requires utilizing a large amount of power and they tend to drain the battery more quickly.

Also, if they are not stored properly then they can be stolen with ease because there are not any wires attached to them.

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