It is unclear, based on recent judge's opinions on the rules that govern police surveillance, whether or not the NYPD was operating within its guidelines when it allegedly sent an informant into NAN meetings.
Amnesty International has today reported the outcome of a Yougov survey in 15,000 people across 13 countries, studying for the first time international views of mass surveillance and whether the public believe it is changing their own behaviour.
The core question in the jurisprudence on surveillance is whether the government's actions violate what the Supreme Court has called "a reasonable expectation of privacy".
"The possibility of surveillance, whether direct or through access to records of speech, research and exploration, undermines a democratic society," it continues.
Terrorism (in the form of anarchist bombings) is perceived as a pervasive threat, and surveillance — whether by private detectives or unseen eyes in the sky — has become a constant of day to day life.
It is part of the modern repertoire of clinical surveillance, whether applied to low income countries of Africa or developed ones.
But what the picture really serves to do is to remind us that surveillance – whether of photos, data, phone records or emails – is a human activity, despite the technology involved and the safeguards we're endlessly told about.
"For some, cameras or other forms of surveillance, whether openly used by services or hidden by families, are the answer.
What the editorial does not mention is that surveillance, whether conducted by a specialized squad or a single agent, is tightly controlled during assessments.
Our goals in this study were to determine through virologic and serologic surveillance whether, and to what extent, subtype H3 IAVs were present in the US feral swine metapopulation.
