Technology and the Bible

Keeping an Eye on Your Living Room
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If there’s one thing technology has done – for better or worse – it’s make spying a whole lot easier. Cameras and microphones have decreased in size to the extent that it’s now possible to embed them in the tiniest objects (think the head of a pin). Meanwhile, wireless technology has allowed investigators to quickly receive information and monitor areas more covertly. With that in mind, it makes sense that one company is working to bring spy technology to living rooms everywhere. Designed as a household security device, the WiLife Spy Camera Starter Kit claims to be the “world's first ever networked spy camera that delivers professional-grade video security in a package that is easy to setup and affordable”. At $329.99, the kit may not seem that cheap, but, in comparison to other surveillance equipment, it’s certainly on the lower end. The kit includes WiLife software, a USB receiver and the main component – a video camera disguised as a fully functioning digital clock. After installing the software and plugging the receiver into the USB port of a computer, the user sets up the “clock” in the area of a home they wish to monitor. The clock plugs into a standard wall receptacle, can be adjusted to the ideal camera angle and transmits video surveillance to the receiver. WiLife, a designer of PC-based digital surveillance systems for home or light commercial use, claims its surveillance cameras are the most powerful, non-industrial security cameras available. The Spy Camera features high-resolution color video along with digital motion detection – powered by a built-in 400 MHz processor.

The Spy Camera uses its own system of transmitting video from the camera to the Internet and therefore requires no additional wireless networks. An individual can connect up to six different clocks/cameras to the system (the starter kit only includes one but they also can be purchased separately for $249.99) and monitor and record video on a computer screen. As stated above, the Spy Camera is designed for use in households and small businesses. Employers can use it to keep their eyes on a small group of employees and parents can use it as that ultra-trendy surveillance accessory: the nanny cam. Certainly, the system offers a far better method of private surveillance than hiding cameras around the office or embedding cameras in teddy bears. For one, the camera will almost always stay in place and provide a pretty good view. Second, and probably more importantly, it has less chance of being discovered. Both these benefits make the WiLife Spy Camera a practical option for home or business monitoring. But a person can also probably imagine a thousand other uses for the WiLife Spay Camera – most of them a little more devious than checking on a babysitter or watching employees. While technology like the WiLife Spy Camera may be useful to certain security ends, the technology can be very easily abused. And with invasive videos being posted online by the thousands every day, the potential for abuse has grown even greater. While the technology itself is certainly not to blame, one has to wonder if the increasing availability of devices like the Spy Camera Starter Kit facilitates, and maybe even encourages, questionable spying practices.
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