Surveillance & Data Power

How data collection becomes surveillance, the technical and legal mechanisms that convert everyday information into evidence or control, and the boundaries between observation and intrusion.

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April 2026

27 Apr 6 min

The Tower Pinged. You're on the List.

Cell tower pings put you near a crime scene. The Supreme Court is deciding if that's enough. The question isn't privacy in the abstract — it's whether location proximity equals probable cause.
what surveillance actually is: how proximity data becomes evidence and why the boundary between finding and tracking matters