The U.S. government is doubling down and expanding its surveillance technology
in border communities. But many residents don’t know the extent to
which they’re being watched, given that the government rarely seeks
their input.
This month, the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation released new data and an interactive map
of surveillance towers, which are part of the “virtual wall.” Melissa
speaks with Dave Maass, EFF’s director of investigations, about his
organization’s mapping and data project, which tracks the proliferation
of surveillance tech at the southern border.
Contrary to public perception, the majority of these surveillance towers aren’t
in the middle of nowhere, says Maass. “We hope to provide the evidence
that really undermines that myth,” he says of the new project. “Many of
[these towers] are in urban areas, residential communities and in the
middle of public parks.”
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