How Britain Exported Next-Generation Surveillance

Thousands of cameras, millions of photographs, terabytes of data. You’re tracked, wherever you go.

James Bridle
Dec 18, 2013 · 29 min read

IT WAS A COOL, QUIET MONDAY EVENING in northeast England when the computer first told them about Peter Chapman. The clock read a little after five, and two officers from Cleveland police were cruising in their patrol…