Security News > 2024 > January > EFF adds Street Surveillance Hub so Americans can check who's checking on them

For a country that prides itself on being free, America does seem to have an awful lot of spying going on, as the new Street Surveillance Hub from the Electronic Frontier Foundation shows.

The Hub contains detailed breakdowns of the type of surveillance systems used, from bodycams to biometrics, predictive policing software to gunshot detection microphones and drone-equipped law enforcement.

EFF policy analyst Matthew Guariglia told The Register that once people look into what's being deployed using their tax dollars, a lot of red flags are raised.

The Register: Is this solely a police problem or is surveillance becoming more ubiquitous?

Guariglia:As police extend their own network of surveillance, and as it becomes more omnipresent, there is a whole other landscape of surveillance below the surface, which is our personal devices.

Guariglia: They can certainly contribute through our atlas of surveillance program, with publicly available information about when police departments are deploying the technology.

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