Chapter 1:The Internet as Judge, Jury, and Executioner

Sitting in a restaurant with a friend recently, I asked a simple question: How many cameras are in this place? He looked up and immediately pointed out several domes scattered around the ceiling of the restaurant. While he had successfully identified the surveillance cameras and confidently guessed that there were about 10 of them, he had fallen right into my trap.

I asked, what about the cell phone cameras of the customers and employees? He frowned as we upped the count to likely north of 50.

At that moment, if a customer were to try to sneak off with a pastry, steal someone’s wallet, or go on an epic rant about the price of an extra scoop of guacamole, there were dozens of people at the ...

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