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Politics : The Surveillance State

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From: S. maltophilia6/23/2025 3:26:15 PM
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Can We See Our Future
in China’s Cameras?

...Here’s how it happens: All those private details collected by the many apps on your phone, not to mention the smart home devices, doorbell cameras and, of course, your car — that information winds up in the hands of salespeople known as data brokers. The data brokers, in turn, frequently sell to government agencies, especially law enforcement. Police who spend our tax money to buy this data are exploiting dubious loopholes, carrying out what amounts to a search and seizure en masse, without warrant or subpoena — and it happens every day.

Some U.S. law enforcement bodies have already experimented...

nytimes.com
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