Have HIDDEN CAMERAS Gone too Far?

Have hidden cameras gone too far? Some do not feel threatened when watched on hidden monitors while others feel that their liberty and privacy are jeopardized. Security cameras should be allowed in public as long as it is for a good use like catching shoplifters and criminals. They should not be used to keep records of our daily lives. So when does National Security infringe upon personal liberty?
Hidden cameras are now installed everywhere. There’s the obvious places – malls, stores, assembly plants and anywhere carrying prescription drugs. Then there’s the less obvious places and even places that are 100% up for debate.

The Streets - There are also many store shootings and robberies that have caught criminals in action on the video surveillance footage. With these cameras crime rate has lowered. It doesn’t mean that some criminals are not desperate enough to hold employees at gunpoint to demand for the money or goods. But those cameras are definitely needed for stores and business. Cities are now placing video cameras on major streets and intersections to catch traffic violators. Many of these cameras are designed to be completely hidden. They look like lane markers. Citizens say that it is unfair to them to be constantly under surveilence, even if they are not breaking the law.

Food Packaging Plants – In 1994, CBS and its lawyers have been trying to fight off a challenge in the courts of South Dakota and the U.S. Supreme Court. The network's two minutes of videotape filmed secretly inside a meatpacking plant in Rapid City have now been aired, with the help of an emergency order by Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun. Stirred by the poisoning of hundreds of people last year after they ate beef tainted with the bacteria E. coli, "48 Hours," a CBS newsmagazine, decided to examine sanitation in slaughterhouses. In December, producer Robert Currie persuaded an employee of Federal Beef Processors Inc., to wear a hidden video camera into the Rapid City plant. After Currie showed the film to a Federal Beef employee, the company asked a state judge to bar "48 Hours" from broadcasting the videotape. The company also sued the network, claiming it trespassed on the meatpackers' property, took company property, bribed the worker, exposed the company's trade secrets, invaded its privacy, engaged in deception and encouraged employee disloyalty. CBS disputes all of the allegations.

Employee Locker Rooms – One company last year was busted taping inside of a mens locker room. The company claims that there was rumors that marijuana was being smoked before and after the shifts. After almost 5 months of taping the hidden cameras had not even caught a glimpse of any foul play. The employees discovered the cameras and sued the company.

Cameras have even been discovered by patrons of TANNING SALONS! Yes, one salon was hiding cameras in the private rooms. Then there's the infamous bathroom cams. Also dressing room cameras and more.

So have hidden cameras gone too far?

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