Pecha Kucha

Web 2.0 & Surveillance

What is web 2.0

• Second generation of the WWW• Ability for people to share information• Non static

Smartphone revolution

• Collective intelligence moves from desktops to• Cameras and sensors allow real time

information.

Crowdsourcing

• Collective work created by web users• Far more effective• Eg. Ebay, Youtube, Twitter, flickr, facebook

Successful web 2.0 comapny

• Google • GPS (cell tower)• Voice recognition (Google microphone)• Uses most frequent search terms for results

Growing web

• Smarter than in it was• Search results, locations and voice

recognition.• Movement to smart phone• Real time Data

Race for control

• Control over unique data• Monopoly rents for data usage

The Government and Mass Surveillance is an example of how computing developments have led to modelling human

behaviour.

The government monitors:

How the Government tracks you

• Code names such as PRISM and XKEYSCORE which are surveillance systems.

• It is illegal and breaks the law• NSA surveillance came to light when contractor Edward

Snowden leaked documents.

History of Mass Surveillance• American founders disagreed with British surveillance

and established the 4th amendment with understanding that privacy is a basic human right.

• The 4th amendment prevents the government from tracking personal information unless there is evidence of a crime.

• The Government is breaking the law

History• Government surveillance got worse when the US

congress gave Fisa courts more authority to have surveillance on a large scale, allowing governments to search a list of people and their crimes including those with no offences.

• The Government can illegally track internet users based on search terms on popular websites, social networks and e-mails.

MARIJUANA

SICKBURN

The spying of people allows the government to have complete control over people’s lives which

makes people question free speech, free association and many more.

• http://broadbandworldforum.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/lebanons-appetite-for-smartphones-highlights-the-extent-to-which-mobile-can-meet-demand-for-internet-access/