Surveillance is an invasion of privacy

Governments and law enforcement have been known to abuse their power using surveillance. Most people feel that a group as powerful as such could easily take advantage of others. There have been cases of blackmail, framing and various scandals which have been caused by observations using technology. For example, after the 9/11 attacks, the President of the United States stated that voting against The Patriot Act (a new American surveillance law) would cause to government to have "immediate suspicion of you in the event of another attack".^[1] This caused many citizens to feel as if they were losing their constitutional rights, by being punished unlawfully and without evidence. The majority of the time we are in a public place, we are in some sort of surveillance recording. It has become so normal over the last decade that most of the time we do not even think to look for them, although most are hidden. Social media is also a form of surveillance, as any information posted has the ability to be seen by almost anyone in the world by potential employers, schools, law enforcement, etc. As technology adapts, it becomes harder to maintain the freedom of privacy. More sinister situations, such as being recorded by another person in the form of stalking, also exist and are reported every single day. The general public having access to surveillance will only endanger society as a whole.

[P1] People should not be recorded without their consent [P2] Individuals in powerful leadership positions have the potential to abuse their power [P3] The public worries that this could lead to charges against them or various issues in their lives.