Technologies of political control
- Technologies of political control
Technologies of political control are technologies that assist a political entity in enforcing plenary power. The technologies were summarized in a 1998 report to the European Parliament, but the term was first mentioned in an earlier book .
The technologies are said to include:
* Crowd control weapons
* Prison control systems
* Interrogation and torture techniques and technologies
* Surveillance technology including:
** Closed circuit television systems
** Algorithmic surveillance systems, which include:
*** Biometric surveillance systems
*** Vehicle recognition systems
*** Bugging and wiretap technologies
*** Communications interceptions networks, which include:
**** ECHELON
**** Carnivore
External links
* [http://jya.com/stoa-atpc-so.htm An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control] , 1998
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