The document discusses different types and levels of surveillance in everyday life. It describes how software took screenshots and webcam photos of a student every 15 seconds, capturing over 400 images without consent. It also outlines three types of surveillance: panoptic, when the few watch the many; synoptic, when the many watch the few; and omnoptic, when the many watch the many. The document warns that new forms of monitoring treat reality like a prison without bars or guards.
11. “ The LANrev software program took screen shots and webcam photos every 15 seconds when activated. The district thereby captured over 400 screen shots and webcam images of Harriton High School sophomore Blake Robbins, according to court filings this week in his lawsuit.” Friday, April 16, 2010
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/09/351051.html Britain is the most watched country in the world, with around 25,000,000 surveillance cameras: one for every two citizens. A further 20,000,000 are planned over the next ten years. On average every British citizen can be caught on CCTV around 300 times a day.
Bansky in London
compare Ring of Steel in London to that in NYC: NYPD Wants To Expand 'Ring Of Steel' To Midtown Seeks Adding Private Surveillance To Police Camera System http://wcbstv.com/topstories/nypd.surveillance.cameras.2.973133.html NEW YORK (CBS) Related Stories * Privacy Board OKs Eavesdropping Programs (3/5/2007) * NYCLU: Security Cameras Could Be Abused (12/13/2006) * NYC To Put Cameras On Buses (5/24/2006) * NYPD Installs Hi-Tech Eye On Terrorism (4/17/2006) * NYCLU Study Questions City Surveillence Cameras (8/12/2005) The New York Police Department wants to stay ahead of the technological curve and that means expanding the "ring of steel" surveillance network already in place in lower Manhattan to midtown. The electronic eyes in the sky are everywhere, and to the NYPD and millions of New Yorkers, outdoor surveillance cameras are a necessity and a sure sign of the times.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=7389895&rss=rss-wpvi-article-7389895 Friday, April 16, 2010
Presenter co-creation and presence: we do not witness and experience, we record and redact
photo tagging
attendance: go to Oncourse check Discussion Forum tell us where you are: tonight at 8pm.
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80735427/
panoptic: the few watch the many (Patriot Act) synoptic: the many watch the few (tabloids/paperazzi) onnoptic: mutual/reciprocal surveillance: many watch many (ex. social media) image source: http://www.jillmagid.net/SurveillanceShoe.php
Social system: interinstitutional/interinstitutional coherence
uControl introduces the new Home Security, Monitoring and Automation (SMA) Platform. The new system is actually a 7-inch touchscreen device the combines an alarm system, communication gateway, and home automation platform into one.
video: Onion parent stalking their kids
foucault: control deleuze: discipline mattelart: suspicion
living our lives inside of a mediated environment (like Facebook encourages to) can actually help us to see ourselves as deeply connected to others, if we’re willing to let go of our self-absorption.