Observed arrival · 2026-10-21
C.A.R.E.: a fictional surveillance system with a real-world paper trail
An interactive satire imagines an AI-powered public-safety program that turns ordinary activity—and missing data—into grounds for suspicion.
- For
- Readers exploring surveillance and civil-liberties policy
- Worth noticing
- The demo labels its suspicion score arbitrary and says it is not a trained AI model or credible criminal-risk assessment.
Field notes
The mock legislative brief proposes continuous observation, compulsory endpoint monitoring, recorded communications, location histories, and wearable cameras. In the case file, visitors can adjust monitoring sources and an algorithmic-paranoia setting; the page cautions that its score is arbitrary, not a trained model. Further links point to reporting and civil-liberties material, including DeFlock’s crowdsourced camera map and resources for contacting U.S. representatives.
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