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VIDEO SURVEILLANCE

Description of issue. Facial recognition video surveillance aside, we have seen the dramatic growth of video monitoring throughout the public and private sectors, both in the U.S. and other countries. The United Kingdom is perhaps the most developed in its use of video monitoring by the government in public places.

Looking ahead. Widespread implementation of garden-variety video surveillance is harmful for several reasons. We are becoming used to being watched, and at earlier and earlier ages. Many schools have installed video monitoring throughout their campuses. An increasing number of day care centers are connected to the Internet so parents can check in on their children. As time goes on, we are not as likely to fight to maintain a strong Bill of Rights (especially the First and Fourth Amendments) the more accustomed we become to video surveillance. A further threat is that "low-tech" video surveillance can be converted into facial recognition biometrics systems with the growth of digital technologies. As the cost of biometrics systems decreases, the temptation to convert low-tech video surveillance units to facial recognition systems will increase.

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