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Smile. You're on surveillance camera. The average American is captured on camera 100 times a day. (MPR Photo / Nikki Tundel)
I always feel like somebody's watching me
June 30, 2006
Remember that '80s song "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell? It turns out Rockwell was right.
St. Paul, Minn. — You used to only be able to find surveillance cameras in banks, or 24-hour convenience stores or communist dictatorships.
But today they're virtually everywhere -- from buses in London to restaurants in New Delhi to the Bridges of Madison County in central Iowa.
Security technology expert Bruce Schneier joins reporter Nikki Tundel for a surveillance walking tour of downtown Minneapolis.
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- I always feel like somebody's watching me (feature audio)
- Are there uses of surveillance you consider beneficial?
- Where is all this surveillance data going?
- What do data brokers do with our data?
- What is your biggest concern regarding surveillance data?
- If you're not doing anything suspicious, why should you be concerned about surveillance?
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