Imagine you're playing hide and seek in your house, but the person who's counting is also hiding with you. That’s like government surveillance, it's when governments watch their own people without telling them. Sometimes they do this to keep secrets or find out if someone is sneaking around.
Examples
- A country’s leaders track where people travel without telling them.
- The police watch a family’s house from across the street without being noticed.
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See also
- Why Do Some Countries Have Secret Police?
- Why Do Governments Spy on Their Own People?
- Why Do Governments Spy on Their Own Citizens?
- What are snoop operations?
- Why Do Governments Secretly Spy on Each Other?