Cameras, Cops, and Cell Towers: A Field Guide to Modern Surveillance
Your car passes a license plate reader. Your phone connects to a cell tower. A camera identifies your face, a drone watches from above, and data brokers help connect the dots. Most people have no idea how much surveillance follows them through an ordinary day or where that information ends up. This talk pulls back the curtain on the modern police surveillance stack, from Flock cameras and cell-site simulators to drones, body cameras, facial recognition, data brokers, and regional intelligence networks. Using real-world examples and open-source tools such as EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance and RayHunter, Michael Raymond will show attendees how these systems work, how communities are mapping them, and what practical, lawful steps people can take to better understand and reduce their exposure.
Friday 1100 Grand Ballroom
