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“They found that about 54 percent of the total area was being watched by CCTV cameras. These cameras were going to be connected up with hundreds of thousands across the city, their footage processed in a 'command and control' centre in the upscale neighbourhood of Banjara Hills...The idea was to identify individuals by applying facial recognition software across all the images.”

“‘This is one of the biggest problems evolving on the Internet. The fact that the most powerful companies in the history of the universe, in terms of wealth but also the information they have about us, the idea that they are immune from liability, when no other industry is,' she said. 'They've monetized everybody's private data, and yet we have no rights against them. It's absolutely intolerable.'”

“The incident was a symbol of Hiba's vulnerability, the fragility of data workers like her, and their ultimate powerlessness in an industry driven by the world's richest and most ambitious companies.”