According to Privacy International, “Mass surveillance uses systems or technologies that collect, analyze, and/or generate data on indefinite or large numbers of people instead of limiting surveillance to individuals about which there is reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Under currently available forms of mass surveillance, governments can capture virtually all aspects of our lives.”

People from all walks of life are subjected to a diverse and increasing range of surveillance. Privacy International names a few methods such as mass interception of communications, access to bulk communications stored by telecom operators, mass hacking, indiscriminate use of facial recognition technology, indiscriminate surveillance of protests using mobile phone trackers and more.

Further Read:
privacyinternational.org/learn/mass-surveillance

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