In the 1960s, if you wanted to surveil one person, you had to hire someone else to bug them or follow them.

[freddy@social.lol]

In the 1960s, if you wanted to surveil one person, you had to hire someone else to bug them or follow them. Today, we surveil everyone by default; you just have to tap into the data collected by the spies in their pockets (smartphones), on their wrists and fingers (smart watches and rings), their work tools (laptops), and in the public sphere (CCTV cameras) – you’ll have more on any person than the Stasi could ever dream of.

https://aeon.co/essays/things-have-jobs-and-digital-devices-are-made-to-track-you

#privacy #surveillance #longread #spying