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Decades of unease over the rise of electronic surveillance have primed us to freak out.
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Michael W. Clune, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Within the negotiations, the union’s sticking points include accommodations for injured workers, clearer employee seniority lists, access to cleaner bathrooms and concerns over electronic surveillance.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
But governments also collect, retain, and use more personal data than ever before, as the disclosures last year regarding the extent of the U.S. National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance made abundantly clear.
—Craig Mundie, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Signal jammers will also be set up around the Sistine Chapel to prevent electronic surveillance or communication.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
The exposure of prisoner abuse, meanwhile, in conjunction with the administration’s embrace of torture, rendition, indefinite detention, and ever-increasing electronic surveillance, fed suspicions that the United States was abandoning its values in the quest to save them.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
When the girl was being interviewed on the street by police, the younger Henderson allegedly drove by in his Audi, which was tracked by electronic surveillance to Vallejo, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
The court also ordered that Fernández be placed under the watch of an electronic surveillance device to monitor her movements.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Developed domestically in 2004, the system is capable of electronic surveillance, direction finding, and jamming both communication and radar signals.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Michael W. Clune, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Within the negotiations, the union’s sticking points include accommodations for injured workers, clearer employee seniority lists, access to cleaner bathrooms and concerns over electronic surveillance.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
But governments also collect, retain, and use more personal data than ever before, as the disclosures last year regarding the extent of the U.S. National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance made abundantly clear.
—Craig Mundie, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Signal jammers will also be set up around the Sistine Chapel to prevent electronic surveillance or communication.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
The exposure of prisoner abuse, meanwhile, in conjunction with the administration’s embrace of torture, rendition, indefinite detention, and ever-increasing electronic surveillance, fed suspicions that the United States was abandoning its values in the quest to save them.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
When the girl was being interviewed on the street by police, the younger Henderson allegedly drove by in his Audi, which was tracked by electronic surveillance to Vallejo, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
The court also ordered that Fernández be placed under the watch of an electronic surveillance device to monitor her movements.
—Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Developed domestically in 2004, the system is capable of electronic surveillance, direction finding, and jamming both communication and radar signals.
—Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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“Electronic surveillance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronic%20surveillance. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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