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An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion (www.eff.org)

submitted 6 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to nearly triple the number of surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the current 830 to 2,300 by 2034.

DHS expects to expend $1 billion in taxpayer dollars for this dangerous expansion of a surveillance network indiscriminately trained on towns, school playgrounds, backyards, and vehicles—threatening the privacy and civil liberties of everyone in the border regions.

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[–] eicker@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

Every time someone says »it’s just the border,« the surveillance footprint quietly grows. Infrastructure built for one purpose has a remarkable habit of finding new ones. A billion dollars buys a lot of cameras, and history suggests the mission rarely stays as narrow as the sales pitch. 🤨