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

   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[2]want Congress
   to do something about it . But as a researcher who [3]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.

   Databases can correlate [4]location data from smartphones , the growing
   number of private cameras, [5]license plate readers on police cruisers
   and toll roads, and [6]facial recognition technology , so if law
   enforcement wants to track where you are and where you’ve been, they
   can. They need a warrant to use [7]cellphone search equipment:
   Connecting your device to a [8]mobile device forensic tool lets them
   extract and [9]analyze all your data [10]if they have a warrant .

   However, private [11]data brokers also track this kind of data
   and [12]help surveil citizens – without a warrant. There is a large
   market for personal data, compiled from information people volunteer,
   information people unwittingly yield – for example, [13]via mobile
   apps – and information that is stolen in data breaches. Among the
   customers for this largely unregulated data are [14]federal, state and
   local law enforcement agencies .

References

   1. https://share.newsbreak.com/1h6myng5
   2. https://morningconsult.com/2021/04/27/state-privacy-congress-priority-poll/
   3. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=tMOMmqsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
   4. 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
   5. https://www.wired.com/story/license-plate-reader-alpr-surveillance-abortion/
   6. https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/9/21002515/surveillance-cameras-globally-us-china-amount-citizens
   7. https://www.upturn.org/work/mass-extraction/
   8. https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Mobile-Security-and-Forensics/Mobile-Forensics
   9. https://www.forensicmag.com/518341-Digital-Forensics-Window-Into-the-Soul/
  10. https://casetext.com/case/people-v-riley-263
  11. https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-data-brokers-know-where-you-are-and-want-to-sell-that-intel/
  12. https://issues.org/data-brokers-police-surveillance/
  13. https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-control-which-apps-access-your-location-on-ios-and-android/
  14. https://www.vox.com/recode/22565926/police-law-enforcement-data-warrant