Sousveillance and the Sousveiller

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I feel like I am observing the observers, I am eavesdropping on the eavesdroppers. I am noticing the discretely positioned listening devices, listening posts, and listeners and writing them into this. The inverse of surveillance is sousveillance. More precisely, “it is the recording of an activity from the perspective of a participant in the activity.” I can no longer help picking out the surveillers in the crowd. I am surveilling the surveillers. Am I a sousveiller?