Surveillance

thumb|Landespolizei|German State Police officer in Hamburg, with the rank of ("police chief master with upgraded pay")

Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics and features. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance.

use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place on a limited set of monitors

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person employed to protect assets

program that records the keys struck on a keyboard

computer application capable of identifying or verifying an individual person from a digital image

thumb|This plan of Jeremy Bentham's panopticon prison was drawn by Willey Reveley in 1791. The panopticon is a design of institutional building with an inbuilt system of control, originated by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century. The concept is to allow all prisoners of an institution to be observed by a single prison officer, without the inmates knowing whether or not they are being watched.

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market research tool

concept within the disciplines of the social sciences and within political science

type of digital video camera commonly employed for surveillance, and which, unlike analog closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras, can send and receive data via a computer network and the Internet

imaging device using infrared radiation

international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities

monetization of personal information

A bouncer (also known as a door supervisor or cooler) is a type of security guard, employed at licensed or sanctioned venues such as bars, nightclubs, cabaret clubs, strip clubs and casinos. A bouncer's duties are to provide security, to check legal age and drinking age, to refuse entry for intoxicated people, and to deal with aggressive, violent or verbal behavior or disobedience with statutory or establishment rules. They are also charged with maintaining order, and ensuring that laws and regulations are followed by all patrons.

Kompromat (, short for , variously translated as "compromising material", "discrediting material", or "incriminating material") is damaging information about a person or a group, commonly a politician, businessperson, or other public figure, which may be used for negative campaigning or smear campaigning to discredit the person or group. It can also be used for blackmail purposes, often to exert influence over a person rather than for monetary gain, and extortion. In English it is also called "dark PR" or "black PR". Kompromat may be acquired from security agencies or intelligence agencies, or

2019 political scandal in Austria

intelligence agency of the United States of America

family of circular connectors

form of surveillance; form of punishment outside of a prison but with restrictions of movement and with permanent surveillance

technology that uses optical character recognition on images to read vehicle registration plates

analysis of social structures using network and graph theory

computer technology related to computer vision and image processing

method of imaging using a wide range of wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum

miniature radio transmitter with a microphone

navigation device that uses the Global Positioning System to track the device's movements and determine its geographic position

aircraft designed for sustained observation over time by onboard persons or sensors

Audio bug formerly hidden in Moscow US embassy

codename referring to investigations and studies of compromising emanations

argument that one doesn't need privacy unless someone is doing something wrong

right|thumb|The GCHQ|Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) operates "Tempora"

series of U.S. reconnaissance satellites

thumb|IMSI catcher on display at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin An international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher is a telephone eavesdropping device used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking location data of mobile phone users. Essentially a "fake" mobile tower acting between the target mobile phone and the service provider's real towers, it is considered a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The 3G wireless standard offers some risk mitigation due to mutual authentication required from both the handset and the network. However, sophisticated attacks may be able

thumb|A "Lion's Mouth" postbox for anonymous denunciations at the Doge's Palace in [[Venice. Text translation: "Secret denunciations against anyone who will conceal favors and services or will collude to hide the true revenue from them".]]

300px|thumb|Camera A is engaged in surveillance, while the person wearing camera B on their head is engaged in sousveillance. thumb|Surveillance as compared with sousveillance|300pxSousveillance ( ) is the recording of an activity by a member of the public, rather than a person or organisation in authority, typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies. The term, coined by Steve Mann, stems from the contrasting French words sur, meaning "above", and sous, meaning "below", i.e. "surveillance" denotes the "eye in the sky" watching from above, whereas "sousveillance" denote

ZoneMinder is a free, open-source software application for monitoring via closed-circuit television - developed to run under Linux and FreeBSD and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

means by which advertising inventory is bought and sold on a per-impression basis, via programmatic instantaneous auction

National Security Agency data storage facility in on Camp Williams in Bluffdale, Utah, United States

centralized unit that deals with security issues

video camera designed for use in a CCTV surveillance system

proposed COIN/light reconnaissance aircraft, South Africa

big data analysis and visualization tool used by the NSA

thermographic camera used for firefighting

act of performing surveillance of computer or network activity, in order to maintain internal and social control, recognize and monitor threats

surveillance device that uses a laser beam to detect sound vibrations in a distant object

Dropmire is a surveillance program by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) aimed at surveillance of foreign embassies and diplomatic staff, including those of NATO allies. The program's existence was revealed in June 2013 by whistleblower Edward Snowden in The Guardian. The report alleged that at least 38 foreign embassies were under surveillance, some of them as far back as 2007.

monitoring the spread of COVID-19 in order to establish the patterns of disease progression, assist risk assessment and guide disease preparedness

surveillance of workers' activity

activity within the forensic science: relevant trace are secured, documented and, where appropriate, backed

piece of data that websites using Adobe Flash may store on a user’s computer

form of eavesdropping using sideband electromagnetic emissions

series of U.S. reconnaissance satellites

Classified product catalog for espionage tools of the NSA which was leaked by Der Spiegel

computer technology related to computer vision and image processing

family of U.S. reconnaissance satellites

surveillance system of the European Union

replicating documents commonly used in business

type of traffic enforcement camera

cellular phone surveillance device