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How does one "feel surveilled"?

You've never felt like someone is watching you?

I understand such a feeling is purely made up and not worth acknowledging, so I don't legitimize that thought.

Given the fact is legitimate, people legitimize the thought of it and self-censorship ensues.

It's not legitimate? As I said, being watched != being recorded.

It's a feeling you get when you suspect (or in this case know) that you're being watched or recorded.

Being watched != being recorded, and there is no sense a human has that can detect the gaze of another human.

Human eyes can absolutely detect the gaze of another human, as well as the existence of cameras.

Surely a human can detect the gaze of another human when they see that human looking at them.