A new study shows that simply knowing we are being watched can unconsciously heighten our awareness of other people’s gaze.
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Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.
CCTV is a popular form of digital evidence but it can be unreliable and problematic.
When researchers look at CCTV footage of how people really react during earthquakes – as opposed to what they report after the fact – it looks like alerts aren’t yet inspiring protective action.
The CCTV ecosystem is evolving – but it’s still a sparse patchwork with limited efficacy in reducing or prosecuting crime.
We have unwittingly volunteered our faces in social media posts and photos stored in the cloud. But we’ve yet to determine who owns the data associated with the contours of our faces.
Surveillance tools such as these are perfectly legal in Australia, despite privacy concerns. But safeguards should still be put into place.
Conservation surveillance can generate fear and anger among local people.
Facial recognition software is an Orwellian concept that will monitor and regulate the public. Most disturbing is the recent announcement by China to use it in school systems.
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Moran Professor of Conservation and Development, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Conservation and Society, University of Cambridge
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