SURVEILLANCE PANOPTICON

What if the technology designed to keep you safe is actually being used to control you? Every camera, facial recognition scan, digital identity scheme and online monitoring system comes with the same promise: greater security. But what happens when the price of protection is your freedom? In Surveillance Panopticon: A Case for Human Freedom, cybersecurity entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri challenges the growing machinery of mass surveillance and exposes the dangers of surrendering privacy in exchange for promises of safety. Drawing on documented cases, government records and her own experience in technology and cybersecurity, Arcuri examines how surveillance systems track our movements, monitor our communications, collect our personal information and increasingly influence our behaviour. From CCTV and police databases to digital currencies, encryption backdoors and online censorship, she reveals how seemingly harmless conveniences can become powerful instruments of control. Provocative, accessible and unapologetic, Surveillance Panopticon is more than a warning. It is a call to action. Your privacy is not a privilege granted by government. It is your right.