Surveillance
What is it?
Surveillance is the use of tools and techniques by governments for surveillance and monitoring of their citizens. Of course, Internet technology and surveillance cameras play a major role in this (since computers have become powerful enough for it). In a democracy, the government's main aim is to combat terrorism and crime. In less democratic countries, it is also often used to suppress minorities.
What can it mean for a sex worker?
Of course, it only gets scary when the data of a marginalized and stigmatized group, as sex work is, is already in a database and the country becomes less and less democratic.
What can you do?
Not so much in itself, but a little voting advice is not to vote for a party that is of the "Law and order" variety, because they always want more surveillance.
And of course you can become a member of Bits of Freedom, join a sex work organization, and get your own digital resilience up to speed.
Continue reading/viewing
https://www.amnesty.nl/encyclopedie/surveillance-en-mensenrechten
https://www.npostart.nl/hunted/AT_2056755 All episodes of the TV show Hunted can still be watched back. This game show is a wonderful government showcase of what is possible in detection.