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paulddraper on Oct 23, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: FTC Brings First Case Against Developers of “Stalk...

Not exactly equal, but a lot of overlap. Thesaurus lists them as synonyms. [1]

[1] https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/surveillance

elliekelly on Oct 23, 2019 [–]

That’s a good point and I think an important distinction.

surveillance !== supervision

A quick look and they might seem equal but when you compare the underlying values they’re nothing alike.

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