telesurveillance
Distance-based surveillance
Telesurveillance is monitoring from a distance, typically through cameras, sensors, or other remote technology.
The term appears in security contexts—watching premises via closed-circuit television—and in medicine, where patients are monitored remotely: The clinic uses telesurveillance to track patients with chronic conditions.
The prefix tele- emphasizes the separation between observer and observed.
Surveillance camera network
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- camerasVisual recording devices
- remoteDistant or controller
- footageRecorded video material
alerts · intrusion · detection · perimeter · access control · motion sensors · real-time · centralized
Distant electronic health surveillance
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- remote careHealthcare delivered from distance
- wearableAble to be worn
heart rate · chronic · elderly · home health · sensors · glucose · oxygen · blood pressure
Tubes for transporting fluids
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- power gridLinked transmission system
- water systemsInfrastructure distributing potable liquid
- sensorsDevices that detect input
remote · dams · substations · transmission · critical · networks · automated · traffic
Evoking oppressive surveillance states
- Big BrotherTotalitarian surveillance authority
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- GDPREU data protection law
consent · facial recognition · tracking · data protection · anonymity · oversight · regulation · ethics
CCTV
Surveillance camera network
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- camerasVisual recording devices
- remoteDistant or controller
footage · alerts · intrusion · detection · perimeter · access control · motion sensors · real-time · centralized · guard station
telemonitoring
Distant electronic health surveillance
- patientsThose receiving medical treatment
- vital signsMeasurable life indicators
- remote careHealthcare delivered from distance
wearable · heart rate · chronic · elderly · home health · sensors · glucose · oxygen · blood pressure · alerts
pipelines
Tubes for transporting fluids
- utilitiesEssential infrastructure services
- power gridLinked transmission system
- water systemsInfrastructure distributing potable liquid
sensors · remote · dams · substations · transmission · critical · networks · automated · traffic · railways
Orwellian
Evoking oppressive surveillance states
- Big BrotherTotalitarian surveillance authority
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
GDPR · consent · facial recognition · tracking · data protection · anonymity · oversight · regulation · ethics · chilling effect
telesurveillancephysical security
Protection of tangible assets
direct observation · foot patrol · guard duty · physical presence · watchman
telesurveillanceunmonitored
Not under observation
unsurveilled · privacy · unwatched · unobserved · anonymity
tele, telescope, telescopic, television, televise, telecast, telegram, telegraph, telegraphic