Closed-circuit television

Police in Ohio, 26 other states using facial recognition software in secret

Global Politics

The struggle between government surveillance and personal privacy has been hotly contested this year. The question is no longer what government is capable of but what it will limit itself to. In Ohio, police conducted 2,600 searches based on previously secret facial recognition technology.

Israeli computer science company devises technology to speed up video display

Environment

How to disappear and avoid Big Brother

Global Politics

Spain Invests in Technology to Fight Terrorism

Conflict & Justice

How Security Video Helped Authorities Identify Possible Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

Indian City Considers CCTV Cameras on Buses

Conflict & Justice

One Delhi suburb wants to install closed circuit television cameras in all of the city’s buses. The idea is to deter sexual violence and other types of crime.

The World

About Face

Global Politics

There are thousands of closed—circuit surveillance cameras in New York City. One of them belongs to the artist Wafaa Bilal.

The World

Eyeborg: Filmmaker wants to install a wireless camera in his eye to document life

Arts, Culture & Media

Canadian filmmaker Rob Spence is taking the all-seeing eye concept to a new level, combining reality TV, public journalism and documentary filmmaking. If he can raise the money, he’ll install a wireless video camera into his own prosthetic eye.

The World

You’re on candid camera… and making a music video

Arts, Culture & Media

The Takeaway speaks with British rock band The Get Out Clause. They’ve made innovative use of CCTV cameras in their home city of Manchester to create a music video for their new song.

The World

Olympic note

Conflict & Justice

Officials powered up about a thousand security cameras in and around Vancouver in advance of the Winter Games starting there later this month. Anchor Marco Werman explains the electronic surveillance is making some privacy watchdogs there nervous.