uberveillance
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of uber- + surveillance.
Noun edit
uberveillance (uncountable)
- (slang) An omnipresent form of round-the-clock surveillance of people via widespread electronic devices, and especially computer chips embedded into human bodies.
- 2010, Darren Pauli, “The Next Generation May be 'Chipped'”, in PCWorld:
- The advent of subdermal microchips is part of what the authors call 'uberveillance,' which connotes the ability to automatically locate and identify individuals, and can be used to as[sic] a predictive mechanism for behaviour and traits.