Template:Short description Combat Zones That See, or CTS, is a project of the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)<ref name="darpa-solicitation">Wikisource:DARPA Solicitation Number SN03-13: Pre-Solicitation Notice: COMBAT ZONES THAT SEE (CTS)</ref> whose goal is to "track everything that moves" in a city by linking up a massive network of surveillance cameras to a centralized computer system.<ref name="vv">Template:Cite news</ref> Artificial intelligence software will then identify and track all vehicle movement throughout the city.<ref name="tether-statement">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

CTS is described by DARPA as intended for use in combat zones, to deter enemy attacks on United States troops and to identify and track enemy combatants who launch attacks against U.S. soldiers.<ref name="vv" />

Civil liberties activists and writers of dystopian fiction believe that such programs have great potential for privacy violations, and have openly opposed the project.<ref name="vv" /><ref name="wired-another">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="glob-sec">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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