Predict and SurveilSarah Brayne
Predict and Surveil
by Sarah Brayne · first published 2020
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There is an excellent academic study about the (mis)use of surveillance data in the criminal justice system: Sarah Brayne (2020) Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing, Oxford University Press https://www.amazon.com/Predict-Surveil-Discretion-Future-Pol... Based on field work conducted with officers and IT personnel in…
on “California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023” ↗For those who are looking for information and analysis about Palantir, there is an academic study about surveillance technology with useful information about the company: Sarah Brayne (2020) Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing, Oxford University Press. As the book explains, Palanatir is one of the largest companies specializing in surveillance data management services for law enforcement,…
on “How Palantir is mapping the nation’s data” ↗To the list of references provided by this post in the section "Further Reading," I would add the following book: Sarah Brayne (2020) Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing, Oxford University Press https://www.amazon.com/Predict-Surveil-Discretion-Future-Pol... An academic study about the use of surveillance technology at the…
on “Stop Flock” ↗…the role in public policing of private capitalist firms who provide database systems with huge volumes of information about people, not just those in the criminal justice system." Sarah Brayne (2020) "Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing," Oxford University Press https://www.amazon.com/Predict-Surveil-Discretion-Future-Pol...
on “Silicon Valley is piling in to the business of snooping” ↗…business operations are not a secret, despite the company's latest efforts at obfuscation. In fact, there is a recent academic study about Palantir and the surveillance data industry: Sarah Brayne (2020) Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing, Oxford University Press https://www.amazon.com/Predict-Surveil-Discretion-Future-Pol... According to the book, Palantir is one of the largest companies…
on “What does Palantir actually do?” ↗…analyze data. Palantir provides an interface that runs on top of other data systems, including legacy systems, making it possible to link data points across separate systems. Source: Sarah Brayne (2020) Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing, Oxford University Press, pp. 24-25, 41-42.
on “US House rejects FISA Section 702 extension, warrantless surveillance expires” ↗