The US government is increasing mass surveillance using AI technology, data brokers – and your apps and devices

On a Saturday morning you go to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ ring cameras film your way to the car. Your car’s sensors, cameras and microphones record your speed, how you drive, where you go, who is with you, what you say and biological data such as facial expression, weight and heart rate. Your car can also collect text messages and contacts from your connected smartphone.

Meanwhile, your phone continuously captures and records your communications, information about your health, the apps you use, and tracks your location via cell towers, GPS satellites, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

As soon as you enter the store, the surveillance cameras recognize your face and track your movements through the aisles. Then, when you make your purchase using Apple or Google Pay, your phone tracks what you bought and how much you paid.

All of this data is quickly becoming commercially available and can be bought and sold by data brokers. Aggregated and analyzed by artificial intelligence,…