Surveillance society
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Security cameras survey public areas, such as where we withdraw money, where we shop and where we wait for buses or trains. But what happens to that information once it's viewed or recorded?
As federal security agencies and local police forces try to come up with ways to prevent terrorist attacks, this raw information is up for grabs -- and up for debate, between those who worry about privacy and those who think our privacy concerns have to give way when attacks can come from anywhere.
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