Since surveillance cameras were invented for security reasons in shopping malls and shops, they have also been placed in public areas such as traffic lights, car parks, corridors, bus stops buses and more. I mainly think that our privacy can be invaded due to cameras placed in a mass of public areas, privacy can be easily invaded. I don't like it because if you're on the phone and people watching the tapes can read your lips they can see what you're saying/texting and with texting they can magnify the messages. Basically the government wants to see what we are doing 24/7 which is wrong for us now in stores and businesses I don't care about because those are to help catch thieves in the act of stealing goods of the store like TV systems, gaming systems and much more, but they actually invade a lot of privacy. Security cameras can be found in malls, stores, and schools throughout the United States to help prevent thefts in those buildings. Security cameras can be useful in places to catch thieves, thieves, shoplifters, and employees who don't do their jobs on camera. Security cameras can be found throughout the mall, from shops to food courts to ensure safety. If we go back to six-seven years ago, there was a shooting in the Muskogee, Oklahoma mall, they didn't have those cameras as evidence, the man convicted of shooting a child and other people would have had a long trial, but since they did, they had all the evidence they needed. Say like you in a parking lot and minding your own business and people "think" you are doing something illegal and you get falsely accused, those cameras can help you in a good time, but say if you were on the phone and the cameras had a sound or a microphone to capture the sound and there you are on the phone t...... middle of paper...... falsely accused of a federal crime (which is rare). Basically security cameras are basically good and bad in all ways because it helps the public and bad for invading people's privacy on a daily basis, which wouldn't surprise me that the government is also not doing any good by doing all this, but if it helps to catch people who are hacking computers from other countries then oh good with that stuff. So in all ways they are good and bad for most public areas other than shops and parking lots with high crime activity for the United States, otherwise crime will not stop for people in the United States and privacy will continue to be invaded as long as there is crime. ://cnnstudentnews.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/cameras-privacy-and-security/ http://bizsecurity.about.com/od/privacyissues/a/video_privacy.htm http://www. debate.org/opinions/are-video-surveillance-cameras-in-public-places-a-good-idea