The horror of this story lies not in a specific murderer, but in the fact that "observation" itself becomes a tool of violence. As we each leave data traces on the Internet, are we all potential subjects of some kind of invisible experiment? Who is watching us behind the algorithms and screens, and how will our "reactions" be defined? Hopefully this story will make you think for a second the next time you turn on a live stream—about the power of watching, and the cost of being watched.
