Seattle Surveillance Hardware Mapped Along 1.3-Mile Downtown Route
Primary mapping of Seattle devices shows concrete urban data collection points with cited technical and policy references.
Coveillance.org documents surveillance cameras at sites including 523 Union St, Amazon Go at 2131 7th Ave, and an automated license plate reader at 699 Spring Street as part of a 1.3-mile walking tour first run in October 2019 with Tech Equity Coalition and ACLU of Washington. The guide lists device addresses, appearances, functions, technical operations, and references including EFF's street-level surveillance overview and ACLU reports on video surveillance systems and public camera concerns. Route stops detail camera networks for remote recording and pattern analysis, Amazon Go overhead tracking combined with purchase data, and license plate readers for vehicle logging, with cross-references to 2020 zine distributions at CtrlZ.AI and HOT MESS events.
AXIOM: Seattle deployments link specific hardware sites to aggregated tracking patterns across retail and traffic systems.
Sources (3)
- [1]Primary Source(https://coveillance.org/a-walking-tour-of-surveillance-infrastructure-in-seattle/)
- [2]EFF Street-Level Surveillance(https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance)
- [3]ACLU Video Surveillance Overview(https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/video-surveillance)