When Cities Remove the Cameras
Municipal license-plate networks like Flock promised safety and delivered data breaches and privacy fights, and these books explain the surveillance economics, civil liberties, and procurement failures behind the reversals.
Optimized for books about Understanding the privacy, policing, and governance issues raised by municipal adoption and removal of automated license-plate and camera surveillance systems..
The Age of Surveillance CapitalismShoshana Zuboff, PublicAffairsZuboff explains the corporate incentives and surveillance business model that underlie vendor deployments of camera and...Shelf signal: Privacy & Surveillance
Known CitizenSarah E. IgoIgo traces how visibility and data collection reshape citizenship and public life, helping readers understand societal...Shelf signal: Privacy & Surveillance
The End of PolicingAlex S. VitaleVitale situates policing technologies within debates over policing practice and reform, relevant to municipalities...Shelf signal: Policing & Law Enforcement
Weapons of Math DestructionCathy O'Neil, Cathy O'NeilO'Neil examines how predictive models and opaque systems can harm communities, illuminating risks from automated...Shelf signal: Machine Learning
The Real Anthony FauciRobert F. Kennedy Jr.Pahlka offers a practical account of how governments should build and govern technology responsibly, directly...Shelf signal: Science & Tech Pioneers
Blank Spots on the MapTrevor PaglenPaglen documents hidden state surveillance infrastructures and helps readers interpret technical breaches and secrecy...Shelf signal: Intelligence & Spycraft