Earlier this month, Matthew Guariglia, EFF Policy Analyst, and Beryl Lipton, EFF Investigative Researcher, went to the Border Security Expo in Falfurrias, Texas to research the latest surveillance technology being marketed to police and federal agents. In this Insider Briefing, they'll share what they discovered while in Texas, and why what's being sold at the border matters to all of us.
Surveillance doesn’t stand still. Unwarranted government surveillance grows and changes, performed by an increasing number of law enforcement agencies with more advanced technology and fewer regulations.
However, in an effort to stay ahead of this shifting environment, we can look to the US Southern Border. The communities there deal with unprecedented levels of surveillance, and we often see new surveillance technologies and policies start there, and slowly become used elsewhere in the US and the world.
For more of EFF's work on surveillance, check out Street-Level Surveillance so you can know how you are being tracked and the Atlas of Surveillance, so you know where you’re being tracked.
