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		frereubu 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I asked police to send me their public surveillanc... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

linuxlizard 11 months ago [–]

Root word comes from the Greek mythological giant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argus_Panoptes

thrance 11 months ago | [–]

Whose name itself comes from the ancient Greek words pan (all) and optikon (optics, see).

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