Moscow’s High-Tech Cameras: Is It Safety or Just Spying?

Moscow now uses 300,000 cameras to track people. It stops crime, but experts say it comes at a big cost to our privacy.

Moscow is changing fast. The city has turned into a giant digital map. Right now, there are 300,000 cameras watching the streets. These cameras use special software to recognize faces and track where people go. The city says this is a good thing. They claim that crime has dropped because of the new system. It is much harder for bad actors to hide when a computer is watching every move. Many people feel safer walking down the street at night. But there is a catch. People who study technology and human rights are worried. They call it a "surveillance trap." When every step you take is tracke…