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The World Cup Is a Trojan Horse for Permanent Surveillance Next summer, when fans stream toward US World Cup stadiums, they won't just be entering a sporting event. They'll be walking into what may become the nation's largest coordinated deployment of AI-integrated surveillance infrastructure—one that will likely outlast the final whistle by years. Wired mapped Flock license plate readers stationed around every major venue, while Google is using the Argentine national team as a live testing ground for Gemini AI. The message is clear: mega-sporting events have become the fastest, least-scrutinized path to normalizing surveillance systems that become permanent civic…