This open issue offers seven original articles on a wide range of topics, including critical artwork, digital personal assistants, body-worn cameras and race, lateral surveillance among students, national security, and more. Additionally, the issue presents a robust dialogue section debating “surveillance as evidence,” a COVID-19 opinion piece, and six book reviews.

Cover image: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, “Level of Confidence,” 2015. Photo by: Antimodular Research. (Reprinted with permission.) This artwork is analyzed by Claudio Celis in his opening article in this issue.