Surveillance
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Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people for the purpose of influencing, managing, directing, or protecting.
In Europe satellites and drones checks and produce accurate maps of farms, showing clearly the areas eligible for subsidies.
The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room called RACR (real-time analysis critical response center), a that gives it eyes all over the city.
Homeland Security is monitoring the web for anti-government sentiment and signs of social unrest. In 2010 contractors were asked to monitor news media coverage on popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks, as well as news sites including the Huffington Post and The Drudge Report.
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[edit] U.K.
The U.K. government is preparing proposals for a nationwide electronic surveillance network that could potentially keep track of every message sent by any Brit to anyone at any time.
[edit] In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel of Arlington, Virginia, United States is a not-for-profit venture capital firm that invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability.
[edit] Narus (company)
Narus is a company, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, which provides real-time network traffic and analytics software. It was co-founded in Israel in 1997 by Ori Cohen – who had served as Vice President of Business and Technology Development for VDONet, an early media streaming pioneer – and Stas Khirman.
[edit] Social Networks
CIA admits full monitoring of Facebook, Google, Youtube and other social networks The media player is loading...
[edit] Related
- Occupy Encyclopedia
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- Politics
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Internet privacy
- Social media
- Drone
[edit] References
- Surveillance on Wikipedia.
- Narus_(company) on Wikipedia.
- In-Q-Tel on Wikipedia.
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