I propose a research hypertext that examines the conversation of college dorm security/surveillance and seeks to add information about security/surveillance at SCU dorms, in particular. My greatest concern is with the building administration's methods of preventative security. I feel that the staff's efforts to try to prevent bad things from happening are largely ineffective. Simultaneously, I feel that they breach students' rights to privacy. My frustration stems from the annoyance of having to submit to useless preventative security.
As suggested by the novel, surveillance has its uses, but its usefullness eventually diminishes as more surveillance is introduced. Like Marcus, I appreciate protection and fully realize that protection inevitably requires some form of privacy invasion. With this hypertext, I want to suggest an optimal level of preventative security for dorms that balances the importance of safety with the importance of privacy.
Through Little Brother, Cory Doctorow expresses disgust toward preventative security through his Marcus character. He writes about a power-abusing department of the government in order to drive his message that more security measures does not create more security. I would expect him to stand in favor of the elimination of most or all preventative security measures at SCU dorms. He would believe that the benefits of such measures do not justify the cost of lost privacy of the students.
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