If you are in the habit of:
a. using a webcam
b. leaving your computer on
you should watch this.
Webcam from ZBros Productions on Vimeo.
And if you are still unsure about how prescient this short is, have a look at How to: spy on the Webcams of Your Website’s Visitors. Oh, and don’t forget to turn your webcam off …
uberveillance (say ‘oohbuhvayluhns) noun. an omnipresent electronic surveillance facilitated by technology that makes it possible to embed surveillance devices in the human body. Also, überveillance
M.G. Michael and K. Michael (2009). “Uberveillance: Definition” in ed. S. Butler, Fifth Edition of the Macquarie Dictionary (Australia’s National Dictionary, Sydney University), p. 1094
That social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and information sharing amongst diverse groups and individuals is by now a cliché.
It should come as no surprise then, that the secret state and the capitalist grifters whom they serve, have zeroed-in on the explosive growth of these technologies. One can be certain however, securocrats aren’t tweeting their restaurant preferences or finalizing plans for after work drinks.
No, researchers on both sides of the Atlantic are busy as proverbial bees building a “total information” surveillance system, one that will, so they hope, provide police and security agencies with what they euphemistically call “actionable intelligence.”
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In this context, the whistleblowing web site Wikileaks published a remarkable document October 4 by the INDECT Consortium, the Intelligence Information System Supporting Observation, Searching and Detection for Security of Citizens in Urban Environment.
Hardly a catchy acronym, but simply put INDECT is working to put a human face on the billions of emails, text messages, tweets and blog posts that transit cyberspace every day; perhaps your face.
According to Wikileaks, INDECT’s “Work package 4″ is designed “to comb web blogs, chat sites, news reports, and social-networking sites in order to build up automatic dossiers on individuals, organizations and their relationships.” Ponder that phrase again: “automatic dossiers.”
The total number of local authority maintained* secondary school pupil enrolments (include all enrolments, whether on or off roll at the census dates, which have been on the roll for one or more sessions at any point during the reporting period. Do not include any enrolments with zero possible sessions for the reporting period and exclude any enrolments not aged 5-15 at the start of the relevant academic year.)
* Academies are not included within this indicator and this will need to be taken into account in year-on-year comparisons ie where schools move from local authority maintained to academy status.
Project Title Project Description
Motiv
Various initiatives to improve attendance at school, some involving mobile phones and also provi.sion of bluetooth transmitters to enable playground communication
2NC Alert Text Based Truancy System & Anti Bullying
System enabling texting of many parents in a few seconds. Parents can call school back for information. Truancy Tracker can be used to communicate truancies to parents
The Accipio School
Live lessons delivered via an online classroom to pupils who cannot be in mainstream schools for a variety of reasons.
Wifi School in Wales
Implementation of a £10,000 wireless network has enabled the school to install a cashless canteen and a swipe card system which helps parents monitor their child’s diet and attendance at school.
Cyber Mentors
The CyberMentors website uses social networking and allows people at different levels to mentor each other To help tackle bullying. To obtain further details about the above projects click on the project title.