The New York Times' front-page story is about new Russian surveillance tools being used to crack down on dissent in Russia, and how these are increasingly sold globally.
Note, this does not cover video surveillance, but rather tools used to monitor encrypted messaging apps like Signal and people's cellphone locations:
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