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Definition: surveillance
See CCTV and network camera.
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Facebook attacks UK gov't monitoring plans
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Gartner: 60 percent of firms plan increase in staff social media snooping by 2015
Research firm Gartner says digital surveillance in the workplace on the rise, with around 60 percent of companies aiming to increase a formal presence on social network to monitor their staff.
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Netgear creates video surveillance suite for small businesses
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Plustek's super-small video recorder for SMB spy cameras
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House passes CISPA Internet surveillance bill
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Anonymous hacks UK government sites over 'draconian surveillance'
Anonymous has launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) against multiple UK government websites. The group is not pleased with the UK government's plans to monitor Internet users.
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