They Are Watching

Law enforcement agencies are acquiring and using surveillance technology, often without the knowledge of local government and the communities they represent. Learn about the technologies and the issues they present, and get recommendations on how to protect your civil liberties.

They are watching. You should be, too.

Packet Sniffing
AKA: “Packet Sniffing,” “Network Sniffing,” “Complete Packet Inspection”
Fingerprint Scanners
Mesh Networks
GPS
Drones
“Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” “UAVs,”
Body Camera
AKA: “Body cams,” “On-Officer Recording Systems,” “Officer Worn Cameras,” “Copcams”
Transit Mics
Facial Recognition
“Face Recognition”
Malware
AKA: "Malware," "Spyware," and “Keylogging”
RFID
AKA: "RFID"
ALPR
AKA: “automatic license plate recognition”,” automatic number plate recognition,” “ALPR,” “ANPR”
Infrared
AKA: “Infrared,” “Forward-Looking Infrared,” “FLIR”
Social Media Monitoring
AKA: “Social Media Measurement,” “SMMS,” “Social Listening,” “Online Analytics,” “Buzz Analysis”
Stingray
AKA: ‘Cell Site Simulator,’ ‘IMSI Catcher,’ ‘Gossamer,’ ‘Kingfish,’ ‘AmberJack,’ ‘Hailstorm’
Gunshot Detector
Cellebrite
“Cellebrite,” “UFED”
Cameras
AKA: "Surveillance Cameras"