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CATEGORIES OF SURVEILLANCE/HARASSMENT TECHNOLOGIES
(Source - US Congress Office of Technology Assessment)
Electronic Eavesdropping Technology
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(Audio Surveillance)
Radiating devices & receivers (e.g. miniature radio & ultrasonic transmitters)
Non-radiating devices (eg wired surveillance systems including phone taps andconcealed microphones)
Tape recorders
Laser-facilitated listening devices, rifle mikes and other "remote " equipment(incl. satellites)N.B. Even phones can be made "hot on the hook" i.e. turned into microphones when notin use.
Optical/Imaging Technology
- (Visual Surveillance)
Photographic techniques (incl. zoom lens and infra red cameras)
Television (e.g. closed circuit)
Night vision devices (e.g. image intensifiers)
Satellite based viewing (up to and including the monitoring of writings as they arewritten; indoors)
Aircraft facilitated viewing
Computers & Related Technologies
- (Data Surveillance)
Microcomputers - decentralisation of machines and distributed processing
Computer networks
Software (eg. expert systems)
Pattern recognition systems
Voice Activated & thought activated computers (incl. "remote" equipment)N.B. In many countries the military operates tracking stations; assisting the giantAmerican National Security Agency. The NSA covertly monitors every call, fax, e-mail,telex and computer data message. The relevant computers search for key words/phrases.Anything/anyone of interest is drawn to the attention of agency operatives. This canlead to a large scale personal surveillance operation by the NSA or other agencies;
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