Editing Surveillance (section)

==Countersurveillance, inverse surveillance, sousveillance==
[[Countersurveillance]] is the practice of avoiding surveillance or making surveillance difficult. Developments in the late twentieth century have caused counter surveillance to dramatically grow in both scope and complexity, such as the Internet, increasing prevalence of electronic [[security systems]], high-altitude (and possibly armed) [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAVs]], and large corporate and government computer databases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfor.com/secrets_countersurveillance|title=The Secrets of Countersurveillance|publisher=Security Weekly|date=June 6, 2007}}</ref> Other examples include encrypted messenger apps such as Signal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Angwin |first=Julia |date=June 13, 2023 |title=One of the Last Bastions of Digital Privacy Is Under Threat |website=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/opinion/encryption-messaging-privacy-signal-whatsapp.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Micah |date=2015-11-12 |title=Edward Snowden Explains How To Reclaim Your Privacy |url=https://theintercept.com/2015/11/12/edward-snowden-explains-how-to-reclaim-your-privacy/ |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=The Intercept |language=en-US}}</ref> and privacy cryptocurrencies such as Monero<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sigalos |first=MacKenzie |date=2021-06-13 |title=Why some cyber criminals are ditching bitcoin for a cryptocurrency called monero |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/13/what-is-monero-new-cryptocurrency-of-choice-for-cyber-criminals.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Evelyn |date=2017-08-29 |title=Dark web finds bitcoin increasingly more of a problem than a help, tries other digital currencies |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/dark-web-finds-bitcoin-increasingly-more-of-a-problem-than-a-help-tries-other-digital-currencies.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref> and ZCash.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ell |first=Kellie |date=2018-07-13 |title=Coinbase considers adding five new coins to its platform |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/13/coinbase-considers-five-new-coins-for-its-platform.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>

[[Inverse surveillance]] is the practice of the reversal of surveillance on other individuals or groups (e.g., citizens photographing police). Well-known examples include [[Rodney King|George Holliday]]'s recording of the [[Rodney King]] beating and the organization [[Copwatch]], which attempts to monitor police officers to prevent [[police brutality]].  Counter-surveillance can be also used in applications to prevent corporate spying, or to track other criminals by certain criminal entities. It can also be used to deter stalking methods used by various entities and organizations.

''[[Sousveillance]]'' is inverse surveillance, involving the recording by private individuals, rather than government or corporate entities.<ref>{{cite news
 | last =Birch
 | first =Dave
 | title =The age of sousveillance
 | work =[[The Guardian]]
 | date =July 14, 2005
 | url =https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/jul/14/comment.comment
 | access-date = August 6, 2007
| location=London}}</ref>