ABSTRACT
Since the mid-2000s, however, there has been a significant increase in the availability and sale of surveillance devices and the consumer market has boomed. Surveillance has shifted from human eyes and security forces to sensors and software. Money was also allocated to open airspace to uninhabited aerial vehicles, most of which are designed for surveillance. The microchip is an Orwellian milestone in the evolution of surveillance technologies. One of the biggest challenges facing a surveillance society is that of maintaining two-way observation. Frailty, greed, lack of foresight, bigotry, and revenge have all, at one time or another, motivated misuse of surveillance equipment or the information gathered. Surveillance technologies are not limited to devices that monitor our physical attributes and movements. Governments, corporations, and law enforcement agencies are heavy users of surveillance. Through the ages, they have sought to increase their information storehouses even when the data was not of immediate use.
