AI and Spying

B. Schneier

George Washington Journal of Law & Technology, v. 2, Symposium Issue, 2026, pp. 31–35.

EXCERPT:

Spying and surveillance are related, but they’re different. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap your phone, and listen to everything you said. At the end, I would get a report of the conversations you had and the contents of those conversations. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, who you talked to, what you purchased, what you did….

We are about to enter the era of mass spying.

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Categories: AI/LLMs

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