PANOPTICON INDEX

U.S. Surveillance Index

27 cos · 224 products

An index of the American surveillance state

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The companies building America's surveillance apparatus — their products, the agencies and cities deploying them, the investors funding it, and the web that ties them together. Explore it below.

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27Companies

224Products

157People exposed

39Documented incidents

Data Fusion & Analytics Facial Recognition License Plate Readers Drones & Robotics Body & Vehicle Cameras Cloud Video Surveillance Acoustic Gunshot Detection Social Media Monitoring Phone Forensics Location Data Brokers Border Surveillance Spyware & Cyber Intrusion

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