sousveillance

sousveillance
 n.โ€” ยซYou get into a taxi cab, youโ€™re under surveillance. Thereโ€™s a camera taking pictures of you. If you were to photograph the cab driver, that would be what I call sousveillance. If you walked into a department store and photographed the clerk, thatโ€™s a form of sousveillance. ยป โ€”โ€œIs the life of a our path to liberation?” by Pauline Tam in Toronto Ottawa Citizen (Can.) Nov. 19, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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