full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Just as the police in Ferguson possess high-tech military weapons and eiqpmenut, so too do police dtrmpnetaes across the United States possess high-tech surveillance gear. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.

The question is, what should we do about this? I think this pseos a serious civil leitbeirs traeht. hoitrsy has shown that once the police have massive quantities of data, tracking the movements of innocent people, it gets abused, maybe for blackmail, maybe for political advantage, or maybe for simple voyeurism.

Fortunately, there are steps we can take. Local plcoie departments can be governed by the city councils, which can pass laws requiring the police to dispose of the data about innocent people while allowing the ltaetmigie uses of the technology to go forward. Thank you. (Applause).

Open Cloze


Just as the police in Ferguson possess high-tech military weapons and _________, so too do police ___________ across the United States possess high-tech surveillance gear. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.

The question is, what should we do about this? I think this _____ a serious civil _________ ______. _______ has shown that once the police have massive quantities of data, tracking the movements of innocent people, it gets abused, maybe for blackmail, maybe for political advantage, or maybe for simple voyeurism.

Fortunately, there are steps we can take. Local ______ departments can be governed by the city councils, which can pass laws requiring the police to dispose of the data about innocent people while allowing the __________ uses of the technology to go forward. Thank you. (Applause).

Solution


  1. poses
  2. equipment
  3. threat
  4. police
  5. liberties
  6. legitimate
  7. departments
  8. history

Original Text


Just as the police in Ferguson possess high-tech military weapons and equipment, so too do police departments across the United States possess high-tech surveillance gear. Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.

The question is, what should we do about this? I think this poses a serious civil liberties threat. History has shown that once the police have massive quantities of data, tracking the movements of innocent people, it gets abused, maybe for blackmail, maybe for political advantage, or maybe for simple voyeurism.

Fortunately, there are steps we can take. Local police departments can be governed by the city councils, which can pass laws requiring the police to dispose of the data about innocent people while allowing the legitimate uses of the technology to go forward. Thank you. (Applause).

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
police departments 8
local police 5
license plate 5
police department 4
united states 3
plate reader 3
plate readers 3
law enforcement 3
enforcement agents 3
military weapons 2
mass location 2
location tracking 2
automatic license 2
daily life 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
local police departments 4
license plate readers 3
law enforcement agents 3
mass location tracking 2
automatic license plate 2

Important Words


  1. abused
  2. advantage
  3. allowing
  4. applause
  5. blackmail
  6. city
  7. civil
  8. councils
  9. data
  10. departments
  11. dispose
  12. equipment
  13. ferguson
  14. fortunately
  15. gear
  16. governed
  17. history
  18. innocent
  19. laws
  20. legitimate
  21. liberties
  22. local
  23. massive
  24. military
  25. movements
  26. pass
  27. people
  28. police
  29. political
  30. poses
  31. possess
  32. quantities
  33. question
  34. requiring
  35. shown
  36. simple
  37. states
  38. steps
  39. surveillance
  40. technology
  41. threat
  42. tracking
  43. united
  44. voyeurism
  45. weapons