Security News > 2023 > December > AI and Mass Spying
2023-12-05 12:10
Mass surveillance fundamentally changed the nature of surveillance.
Because all the data is saved, mass surveillance allows people to conduct surveillance backward in time, and without even knowing whom specifically you want to target.
Just as cameras everywhere fueled mass surveillance, microphones everywhere will fuel mass spying.
Governments around the world already use mass surveillance; they will engage in mass spying as well.
Mass surveillance ushered in the era of personalized advertisements; mass spying will supercharge that industry.
We haven't done anything to limit mass surveillance.
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