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Mercenary surveillance
Many individuals and organizations choose to install surveillance on their own property, which is in a different category than mass government spying. Private citizens want to protect their property from theft or vandalism, whereas an out of control government wants to protect its own power from citizens who may vote them out in the next election.
Many individuals and organizations choose to install surveillance on their own property, which is in a different category than mass government spying. Private citizens want to protect their property from theft or vandalism, whereas an out of control government wants to protect its own power from citizens who may vote them out in the next election.
Surveillance on private lands typically does not fall into the category of ''mass surveillance'', such as small businesses and home owners. Large corporations, for example retail chains, food chains, banks, and others do have mass surveillance since they have so many locations. This private video can be subpoenaed for various legal purposes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/10/02/228134269/your-digital-trail-does-the-fourth-amendment-protect-us |title=Your Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us? |work=[[NPR]] |date=October 02, 2013 }}</ref>.
Surveillance on private lands typically does not fall into the category of ''mass surveillance'', such as small businesses and home owners. Large corporations, for example retail chains, food chains, banks, and others do have mass surveillance since they have so many locations. This private video can be subpoenaed for various legal purposes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2013/10/02/228134269/your-digital-trail-does-the-fourth-amendment-protect-us |title=Your Digital Trail: Does The Fourth Amendment Protect Us? |work=[[NPR]] |date=October 02, 2013 }}</ref>.
==Mercenary surveillance==
In the late 2010s, a new and rapidly growing industry emerged. Private companies began offering mass surveillance services, for a fee, to both government and private entities. The first successful business in this industry, was [[Flock Safety]]. They began deploying AI powered cameras in large numbers, to track the movements of every single person. Although promising not to be doing facial recognition<ref>https://www.flocksafety.com/trust</ref> Flock's Condor cameras did support searching for people based on identifying characteristics. (Later on, there were also add-on options from separate companies, which would run facial recognition services on Flock camera feeds.)<ref>https://www.biometricupdate.com/202609/vendor-pitches-facial-recognition-layer-for-flock-camera-data</ref><ref>https://www.gadgetreview.com/surveillance-firm-pitches-facial-recognition-add-on-for-flock-cameras</ref> However, Flock's most successful service, was a nationwide surveillance grid composed of roadside [[Automated license plate reader|Automated License Plate Readers]] (ALPRs). Each ALPR would scan every vehicle passing by, recording the license plate, bumper stickers, vehicle make, model, color, customizations, and other matters.<ref>https://www.flocksafety.com/not-all-lprs-are-created-equal</ref><ref>https://www.flocksafety.com/products/license-plate-readers</ref> This data was collected and analyzed by their central AI to determine each person's movement patterns, current location, who they associate with, and more.
Seeing how lucrative this mass surveillance industry was becoming, numerous other companies began their own competing services. [[Axon Enterprise|Axon]], [[Leonardo ELSAG|Leonardo]], [[Rekor Systems|Rekor]], [[Genetec]], [[Motorola Solutions]] as well as others, began building their own mass surveillance grids. They lease and/or sell the hardware, and some of those vendors also support facial recognition. Additionally, some other vendors began offering software systems to do the same thing, without custom hardware.
==See also==
==See also==