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Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech | Sharon Weinberger

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Introduction

In the information age, some of the most powerful ons are things that can track and identify us. Buying and selling sophisticated surveillance technology is a secretive, multi billion dollar industry. These tools of surveillance are almost completely unregulated because they're not defined as weapons. But they should be, and we need to regulate them that way. I'm soonross. Teds tech curator.

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