surveillance
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Apple’s Erik Neuenschwander said the bill would force companies to “break encryption,” while Google’s Jeanette Patell cited invasive surveillance capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
In the separate incident last month, a Russian Su-35 fighter approached a Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft, getting close enough to trigger its emergency systems, disabling its autopilot.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
When Brown returned to the U.S. in early February, after more than two years living in China, federal agents placed him under surveillance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
"However, the omnipresent wireless networks might become a nearly comprehensive surveillance infrastructure with one concerning property: they are invisible and raise no suspicion."
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
It was rather as if someone under surveillance kept turning up at particular locations but was never observed traveling between them.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing surveillance
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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