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Video cameras on city streets are only the most visible way your movements can be tracked. AP Photo/Mel Evans

July 22, 2022

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

Peter Krapp, University of California, Irvine

It’s increasingly difficult to move about – both in the physical world and online – without being tracked.

June 18, 2019

Surveillance cameras will soon be unrecognisable – time for an urgent public conversation

William Webster, University of Stirling

If you thought police surveillance was mere CCTV, it’s time to catch up on what’s happening on the other side of the lens.

The police accountability, or cop-watching, movement includes activists who go out on regular patrols to videotape arrests. Mary Angela Bock

July 6, 2016

How video can help police – and the public

Mary Angela Bock, The University of Texas at Austin

With citizens filming police, and police recording public encounters, the key to the truth is establishing a clear timeline of events.

Will small video cams like this keep police honest?

December 8, 2014

Why it’s time for pervasive surveillance…of the police

Russell Dean Covey, Georgia State University

Michael Brown’s recent shooting death by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson illustrates the pressing importance of digitally documenting police activity, while Eric Garner’s case illustrates the limits…

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