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Big Brother at the Olympics? It’s not just the eyes of the world that will be watching – AI-powered surveillance systems will be watching, too.

France's surveillance plans are so extensive that the country had to change its laws to make it all legal. They include expanded wiretapping; collecting geolocation, communications and computer data; and capturing more visual and audio data from cameras.
https://theconversation.com/ai-mass-surveillance-at-paris-olympics-a-legal-scholar-on-the-security-boon-and-privacy-nightmare-233321
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AI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics – a legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare

France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that means for the trade-off between security and privacy.
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Tiffany Lynch
Tiffany Lynch
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now people in Paris need to cover themselves all the time :/
@EUCommission What can you do about this?
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Dean Baratta بطبطبط
Dean Baratta بطبطبط
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the threat environment in Paris is crazy high from multiple actors. Maybe they don’t want a repeat of the 2015 attacks or has that just been memory-holed away?
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