Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you

[Mirimir]

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On Friday, July 22nd, 2022 at 10:53 AM, jim bell <jdb10987 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you
> https://share.newsbreak.com/1h6myng5
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> Surveillance is pervasive: Yes, you are being watched, even if no one is looking for you
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> By Peter Krapp, Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine, 5 hrs ago
> Most Americans are aware of video surveillance of public spaces. Likewise, most people know about online tracking – and[want Congress to do something about it](https://morningconsult.com/2021/04/27/state-privacy-congress-priority-poll/). But as a researcher who[studies digital culture and secret communications , I believe that to understand how pervasive surveillance is, it’s important to recognize how physical and digital tracking work together.](https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=tMOMmqsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate)
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> Databases can correlate [location data from smartphones](https://theconversation.com/impending-demise-of-roe-v-wade-puts-a-spotlight-on-a-major-privacy-risk-your-phone-reveals-more-about-you-than-you-think-182504), the growing number of private cameras, [license plate readers](https://www.wired.com/story/license-plate-reader-alpr-surveillance-abortion/)on police cruisers and toll roads, and [facial recognition technology](https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21002515/surveillance-cameras-globally-us-china-amount-citizens), so if law enforcement wants to track where you are and where you’ve been, they can. They need a warrant to use [cellphone search](https://www.upturn.org/work/mass-extraction/)equipment: Connecting your device to a [mobile device forensic tool](https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Mobile-Security-and-Forensics/Mobile-Forensics)lets them extract and [analyze all your data](https://www.forensicmag.com/518341-Digital-Forensics-Window-Into-the-Soul/)[if they have a warrant](https://casetext.com/case/people-v-riley-263).
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> However, private [data brokers](https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-data-brokers-know-where-you-are-and-want-to-sell-that-intel/)also track this kind of data and [help surveil citizens](https://issues.org/data-brokers-police-surveillance/)– without a warrant. There is a large market for personal data, compiled from information people volunteer, information people unwittingly yield – for example, [via mobile apps](https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-control-which-apps-access-your-location-on-ios-and-android/)– and information that is stolen in data breaches. Among the customers for this largely unregulated data are [federal, state and local law enforcement agencies](https://www.vox.com/recode/22565926/police-law-enforcement-data-warrant).
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