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 August Abolins to All 
 Eyes in the Sky.. 
 06 Sep 21 10:13:19 
 
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"Eyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly
developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies
overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards. 

"Whereas a regular aerial camera can only capture a small patch of ground at
any given time, this system—and its most powerful iteration, Gorgon Stare—allow
operators to track thousands of moving targets at once, both forwards and
backwards in time, across whole city-sized areas. When fused with big-data
analysis techniques, this network can be used to watch everything
simultaneously, and perhaps even predict attacks before they happen.

"In battle, Gorgon Stare and other systems like it have saved countless lives,
but when this technology is deployed over American cities—as it already has
been, extensively and largely in secret—it has the potential to become the most
nightmarishly powerful visual surveillance system ever built. While it may well
solve serious crimes and even help ease the traffic along your morning commute,
it could also enable far more sinister and dangerous intrusions into our lives.
This is closed-circuit television on steroids. Facebook in the heavens. 

"Drawing on extensive access within the Pentagon and in the companies and
government labs that developed these devices, Eyes in the Sky reveals how a
top-secret team of mad scientists brought Gorgon Stare into existence, how it
has come to pose an unprecedented threat to our privacy and freedom, and how we
might still capitalize on its great promise while avoiding its many perils.

 Eyes in the Sky: The Secret Rise of Gorgon Stare and How It Will Watch Us All
| Hardcover

Arthur Holland Michel
HMH Books | Mariner Books

Technology & Engineering / Military Science / Political Science / Intelligence
& Espionage / Law Enforcement

Published Jun 18, 2019

You can read a few introductory pages here:

https://www.bookmanager.com/tbm/?q=h.tviewer&using_sb=status&qsb=keyword&qse=oO
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