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Surveillance software, surveillance society / state,

Facial recognition cameras, NSA

You’re Being Watched Right Now

Video    NYT Opinion    20 December 2019

The surveillance state

is the stuff of dystopian novels and futuristic thrillers.

Or, as revealed in the Video Op-Ed above,

it’s here now.

With ad trackers on our phones,

facial recognition cameras on our streets

and N.S.A. agents listening in on our phone calls,

Big Brother is watching.

Throughout 2019,

The New York Times Opinion department’s Privacy Project

has been trying to make the conversation about privacy

a little less boring, a little less complicated and a lot more real.

We keep hearing,  “I’ve got nothing to hide”

or “I can’t actually do anything about it.”

But when the government fails to protect your privacy,

it’s up to you to set your limits.

It’s time to decide:

Are you really O.K. with being watched?

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8jDsg-M6qM

surveillance software record calls, steal texts

and silently turn on cameras and microphones

https://www.reuters.com/world/
trump-campaigns-iranian-hackers-
have-dangerous-history-deep-expertise-2024-08-23/

surveillance society        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/
opinion/sunday/facebook-surveillance-society-technology.html

surveillance state        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/22/
coldplay-kiss-cam-ceo-hr-story-sinister-truth

facial recognition technology        USA

2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/
technology/detroit-facial-recognition-false-arrests.html

2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/24/
882683463/the-computer-got-it-wrong-
how-facial-recognition-led-to-a-false-arrest-in-michig

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/15/
john-oliver-police-use-facial-recognition

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/09/
873166418/who-creates-confusion-about-asymptomatic-spread-
here-s-what-we-know

https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/
874418013/amazon-halts-police-use-of-its-facial-recognition-technology

facial recognition products        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/09/
873166418/who-creates-confusion-about-asymptomatic-spread-
here-s-what-we-know

A Face Search Engine Anyone Can Use

Is Alarmingly Accurate        USA

PimEyes is a paid service

that finds photos of a person from across the internet,

including some the person may not want exposed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/26/
technology/pimeyes-facial-recognition-search.html

work-from-home > surveillance apps, software >

TSheets, Hubstaff        USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/05/13/
854014403/your-boss-is-watching-you-work-from-home-
boom-leads-to-more-surveillance

remote working > supervision, surveillance        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/
shirking-from-home-staff-feel-the-heat-
as-bosses-ramp-up-remote-surveillance

watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8jDsg-M6qM

video - NYT - 20 December 2019

terrorism, global terrorism,

militant groups,

intelligence, spies, surveillance

terrorism > USA >

security, eavesdropping, intelligence, surveillance >

FBI

terrorism > USA >

security, eavesdropping, intelligence, surveillance >

NSA

surveillance >

biometrics, face-recognition technology

genocide, war,

weapons, arms sales,

espionage, torture

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