Is surveillance technology the new weapon of the Information Age?
In short: Journalist Sharon Weinberger explores the vast, unregulated marketplace of privatized mass surveillance, from facial recognition to microscopic tracking devices, and argues for a fundamental change in how we classify these tools.
The global surveillance industry has become a multibillion-dollar marketplace that often serves customers with nefarious intentions. This tech ranges from advanced facial recognition software and DNA-tracing technology to microscopic 'smart dust' tracking devices.
To address the lack of oversight in this sector, Weinberger suggests that governments must begin by classifying these powerful surveillance tools as dangerous weapons.
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