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Sousveillance. Child's drawing illustrating surveillance versus sousveillance Surveillance as compared with sousveillance Sousveillance (/suːˈveɪləns/ soo-VAY-ləns; French pronunciation: ​[suvɛjɑ̃s]) is most commonly defined as the recording of an activity by a participant in the activity[1][2][3][4] typically by way of small wearable or portable personal technologies.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Sousveillance

Sous-veillance urbaine - Laboratoire des Villes invisibles. Institute for Applied Autonomy. iSee is a web-based application charting the locations of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in urban environments.

Institute for Applied Autonomy

With iSee, users can find routes that avoid these cameras ("paths of least surveillance") allowing them to walk around their cities without fear of being "caught on tape" by unregulated security monitors. Launch iSee_MANHATTAN >>>