Tracking the trackers.
Surveillance infrastructure expands in silence — buried in contracts, data-sharing agreements, and procurement documents the public never sees. This site drags it into daylight through investigative research, public records, and open-source intelligence.
A comprehensive database of private surveillance companies, their personnel, and documented incidents. Tracks the ecosystem of vendors selling tracking tools, data aggregation, and intelligence services to governments and law enforcement worldwide.
Mapping which law enforcement agencies feed data into the LexisNexis Public Safety Data Exchange — a national network that aggregates license plate reads, location data, and surveillance feeds from thousands of contributors with virtually no public oversight.
Additional investigative projects are in active development. Follow the live feed below for early findings and open research questions.
The dynamic is backwards. I have a right to privacy. The government is funded by taxpayer dollars and exists to serve the public. If public agencies have nothing to hide, the question becomes: why are they fighting transparency so hard?
Every finding here is grounded in public records, FOIA requests, open-source intelligence, and primary-source documents. The goal isn't paranoia — it's precise, documented accountability with citations that hold up to scrutiny.
To build a body of public-interest research that contributes to the investigative journalism community, educates citizens about surveillance and data rights, and makes it harder for abuses of power to stay hidden in the fine print.