Everyone Is Watching Us
I wake up in the morning and have breakfast. Then I go out to go to school. There's an electronics store across the street and there's a security camera above his door. The camera is facing the road and it is very difficult not to get into the camera's line of sight when leaving the building. The owner of the shop, whose identity I do not know, records my image every time I go out.
When I leave the house, I turn right. After walking about 100 meters, I enter the shop. I take water or cigarettes. I watch my own image while paying the bill. I can also see images of different sections inside the shop. Because there are cameras everywhere and the grocery store can instantly monitor every place from the multi-screen view. He took such a precaution as there were cases of theft. He was recording the image and checking it later if needed. The man is right in his own way and sighs in his own shop, but once again my registration is being taken even though I do not give any permission in this regard.
I leave the shop and walk towards the bus stop. I pass by a large grocery store and a pharmacy. They probably have security cameras too. Even a barber I went to once had a security camera. I see from some news on TV that there are cameras in many of the apartments.
I take the minibus or bus. Both have cameras. I'm going to Kızılay. There are security cameras everywhere. I mean, anyone who wants to saves footage of me and other people. They neither get permission nor give notice. But one day, when I went to a chain store, when I took a picture of some products even though they recorded my image without asking me, an employee immediately came to me and said that I could not take a picture. When I said why, he just said "you can't shoot" without giving a reason. I insisted a little bit, he said, "it can be used for bad purposes".
He was right, too. But his own company was also shooting my images and they didn't tell me for what purpose they would use these images. If I can be malicious, why not the company? Is it not even possible to use the security footage taken by the state in bad faith? As a matter of fact, we have seen that various images are used maliciously during the caliper periods. By the state's police, prosecutors and judges. Even more recently, the footage of a mayor was manipulated and used.
People are not aware of it or are aware of it, but they don't care because it doesn't happen on their own, but this security camera thing is very dangerous. Private life is being interfered with. The right to privacy is violated. Moreover, even the security cameras, which should be the most reliable and only be used for the detection of criminals, are used to commit this crime. This is more than enough for us to understand how dangerous the security cameras, which are installed uncontrollably almost everywhere, are.
In my opinion, this issue should be taken seriously and some measures should be taken. For example, not everyone who wants to go buy a camera and install it somewhere. It has to get permission from the state for this. The government should enact laws and regulations regarding cameras. These laws and regulations; It should specify by whom, where and in which regions the cameras will be installed. For example, streets and avenues, which are common areas that the public can freely use, should not be allowed to be within the camera's field of view. The entrances, exits and interiors of other houses, shops and other buildings should not be viewed. The recording of the cameras should be sent to the security at regular intervals. Safety should make periodic checks and inspections. Unauthorized cameras should be penalized.
More importantly, people should show their reactions about it. For example, workplaces or buildings that receive images without permission or notice should be filmed collectively by a large number of people to protest. “Since you have the right to register us, then we have the right to register you.” should be said. Otherwise, the end of this matter will be dark. People whose images are recorded without their knowledge will be sacrificed to all kinds of conspiracies by playing with the images.
The government is preparing to enact laws to control social media in case they can criticize it without impudence. In order to prevent the citizens from being recorded without hesitation, both private individuals, legal entities and state institutions should put the security cameras under strict control and supervision. Also urgently.
