Ko te pouaka whakaata porowhita kati (CCTV), e mōhiotia ana ko te tirotiro ataata, e whakamahia ana hei tuku tohu ataata ki ngā aroturuki mamao. Kāore he rerekētanga motuhake i waenga i te mahi a te arotahi kāmera tūmau me te arotahi kāmera CCTV. Ko ngā arotahi kāmera CCTV he mea pumau, he mea whakawhiti rānei, i runga i ngā whakaritenga e hiahiatia ana, pēnei i te roa arotahi, te whakatuwheratanga, te koki tirohanga, te tāutanga me ētahi atu āhuatanga pērā. Ki te whakatauritea ki te arotahi kāmera tuku iho ka taea te whakahaere i te whakaaturanga mā te tere kati me te whakatuwheratanga o te iris, he wā whakaaturanga pumau tō te arotahi CCTV, ā, ko te nui o te mārama e haere ana i roto i te taputapu whakaahua ka whakatikatikaina mā te whakatuwheratanga o te iris anake. E rua ngā āhuatanga matua hei whakaaro i te wā e whiriwhiri ana i ngā arotahi ko te roa arotahi kua tohua e te kaiwhakamahi me te momo whakahaere iris. He rerekē ngā tikanga whakairinga e whakamahia ana hei whakairi i te arotahi hei pupuri i te tika o te kounga ataata.
Kei te piki haere te maha o ngā kāmera CCTV e whakamahia ana mō ngā kaupapa haumarutanga me te tirotiro, ā, he pānga pai tēnei ki te tipu o te mākete arotahi CCTV. I ngā tau kua pahure ake nei, kua piki ake te hiahia mō ngā kāmera CCTV i te mea kua whakatinanahia e ngā tari whakahaere ngā ture whakahau mō te tāutanga o ngā kāmera CCTV ki ngā toa hokohoko, ki ngā wāhanga hanga me ētahi atu ahumahi poutū hei pupuri i te aroturukitanga 24/7 me te karo i ngā mahi ture kore. I te pikinga ake o ngā āwangawanga haumarutanga mō te tāutanga o ngā kāmera pouaka whakaata porowhita-kati i roto i ngā ratonga o te whare, kua tino piki ake hoki te tāutanga o ngā kāmera pouaka whakaata porowhita-kati. Heoi, kei raro te tipu o te mākete o ngā arotahi CCTV i ngā here maha, tae atu ki te whakawhāiti i te tirohanga whānui. Kāore e taea te tautuhi i te roa o te arotahi me te whakaaturanga pērā i ngā kāmera tuku iho. Kua whānuitia te whakamahinga o ngā kāmera CCTV i te United States, Britain, China, Japan, South Asia me ētahi atu rohe nui, ā, kua kawea mai e ēnei āhuatanga o te tipu whai wāhitanga ki te mākete arotahi CCTV.
