Conform and Wear Nice Shoes: The Invasion of (public) privacy

This article opened my eyes to many things I did not know. For example, there are video cameras everywhere we go at any time of day. One huge sign in a Kenneth Cole add said, ” You are on a video camera over 20 times a day. Are you dressed for it?” This is saying to people that they need to be “dressed to impress” all the time because possibly anyone from the government looking for a suspicious suspect or a rapist looking from someone vulnerable could be watching you. Most people, to be more invisible or not stand out, conform to their society which is bad because they stop expressing themselves and they feel closed in all because  of the lack of privacy they receive even in public. There is an estimated 15,000 surveillance cameras in New York City alone and that’s probably not an exact number because after 9/11 all security increased dramatically. I think this is good to an extent and there is a line that has been crossed. I understand we need security, but for so many people to have access to it and for it to be literally everywhere we go is a little much. The worst part is, most of the public don’t even know what’s going on.