- Beyond
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surveillance Quotes
On watching, being watched, and where the line sits.
These surveillance quotes cover a wide range, from encryption making it harder to track criminal communication to coastal and naval monitoring built up for national defense. A few lines warn how easily situational American awareness can slide into overreach.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Long before the 2016 presidential campaign, confidential sources had alerted me to longstanding misuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court system and the erosion of protections when it came obtaining permission for wiretaps and other surveillance methods.
- Constant
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gaza itself is subject to constant aerial surveillance by drones and is rife with informers and collaborators with Israel.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent a lot of time with the LAPD. I spent six weeks training, weapons training, ride-alongs, surveillance, interviewing them, in all different departments and divisions.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Local law enforcement agencies, national police authorities, and other state-operated surveillance has created a hostile environment for communities at the margins.
- Coastal
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- Nov 07, 2020
On shipbuilding, on submarine building, warship building, coastal surveillance or small vessel building, we have both public and private sector. The capacities have really been scaled up, and the skill sets, hi-tech skill sets, have been acquired.
- Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is not much of a bureaucratic leap, if history is any guide, between a seemingly benign call for 'continuous situational awareness' and the onset of a covert and illegal campaign of domestic surveillance.
- Conformity
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surveillance breeds conformity.
- Media
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
As digital communications have multiplied, and NSA capabilities with them, the agency has shifted resources from surveillance of individual targets to the acquisition of communications on a planetary scale.
- Police
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- Nov 07, 2020
A 24-hour police surveillance system will act as a deterrent for anti-social elements.
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- Nov 07, 2020