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Becoming our own spies: The rise and rise of surveillance culture

Gen Z loves tracking each other's location, but are they inadvertently creating a surveillance nightmare?

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Ella Glover and The Lead
Sep 02, 2025
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“Location data are very valuable to corporations.” Pic: Unsplash

Some people cure their boredom by flicking through Netflix for a series to binge. Others scroll through short-form content on social media until their fingers go numb. Sophie, a 19-year-old barista from London, checks to see the precise location of her friends and family, which is shared re…

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