The Overlapping Infrastructure of Urban Surveillance

A long, tall graphic depicting the invisible, ubiquitous city spy-grid.

From traffic-cams to mobile device tracking to social media spying and beyond, the urban landscape has quietly become a locus of ubiquitous surveillance, without any meaningful debate, let alone democratic oversight or consent.

“The Overlapping Infrastructure of Urban Surveillance, and How to Fix It” is a superb, long-ass infographic from EFF’s Matthew Guariglia, depicting a cross-section of urban surveillance, from the satellites in low-Earth orbit to the deep-sea cable taps.

https://www.eff.org/slsgraphic

It’s part of EFF’s Street-Level Surveillance project, “A Guide to Law Enforcement Spying Technology,” and each of the levels of surveillance identified in the graphic has a corresponding explanation and action plan.

https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance

Included: satellites, internet traffic surveillance, cell tower surveillance, drones, social media surveillance, cameras, cellphone surveillance, license plate cameras…