sousveillance n. the watching of the watchers by the watched; countersurveillance by people not in positions of power or authority. Etymological Note: sous French ‘under’ + surveillance. The word was popularized by, if not coined by, Steve Mann. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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