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title: "Global Neighborhood Watch"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Neighborhood_Watch"
category: "reference"
tags: "science, encyclopedia"
date_saved: "2026-05-05T08:58:18.808348+00:00"
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"Global Neighborhood Watch" is an article by Neal Stephenson that appeared in Wired Magazine in 1998.  In it he proposes a specific plan for using information technology to fight crime. According to Stephenson, he is no longer pursuing the idea.


== References ==


== External links ==
Wired article
1995 interview with Neal Stephenson regarding "Global Neighborhood Watch"
Alternative source for the text of the article