Category Archives: Surveillance

The Jail Inferno

By Ali Madad | Published: August 17, 2009
The Jail Inferno. A descent into the nation’s most tumultuous penal institutions, where modern order-maintenance techniques are bringing discipline: But the order that the lobbyists, academic critics, and neo-Foucauldians see as oppressive is inmates’ only hope for safety and even, perhaps, rehabilitation. The recent insights of urban policing—that order matters, that small violations lead to greater [...]
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Building in Surveillance

By Ali Madad | Published: August 4, 2009
Bruce Schneier writes on Surveillance in China: China is the world’s most successful Internet censor. While the Great Firewall of China isn’t perfect, it effectively limits information flowing in and out of the country. But now the Chinese government is taking things one step further. Under a requirement taking effect soon, every computer sold in China will [...]
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When advertising meets surveillance

By Ali Madad | Published: July 7, 2009
From the New Scientist: With electronic billboards, processing power cameras and other sensors becoming ever cheaper, it’s become possible to manufacture products that allow web-like targeting in the real world. For example, a system developed by Singapore’s research agency lets advertising screens detect the genders of passers-by: it will soon be able to tell how old they [...]
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FBI Denies Falafel Data Mining

By Ali Madad | Published: July 6, 2009
FBI Denies Falafel Data Mining, But CQ Stands By Story Earlier this month, the internet had a mighty fine chuckle at the FBI’s expense after the Congressional Quarterly reported that tech-savvy G-Men had been data-mining Bay Area grocery store records in 2005 and 2006 for suspicious falafel purchases. The ostensible point was to find sleeper Iranian [...]
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Video Surveillance

By Ali Madad | Published: July 6, 2009
You Are Being Watched spotlights the high costs of camera surveillance systems, both in terms of money and civil liberties. Do we want a society where we live under an ever-watchful video eye?
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Big Brother vs. Terrorist in Spy Camera Debate

By Ali Madad | Published: July 6, 2009
The Metropolitan Police Department has only 14 cameras in use, at places like the Old Post Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue and the neighborhood of DuPont Circle, and officials insist they have no current plans to install more. But other institutions, like the school system and the metro, use cameras. via Big Brother vs. Terrorist in [...]
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Justice Is Blind, but a Court Surveillance System Sees All

By Ali Madad | Published: July 6, 2009
The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > Justice Is Blind, but a Court Surveillance System Sees All: On one of the six flat-screen monitors connected to the PC beside him last Thursday, Mr. Guo opened a Web browser to a colorful map of New York City. He clicked on Brooklyn and revealed a diagram [...]
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U.S. Transit Agencies Turn to Cameras in Terror Fight, but Systems Vary in Effectiveness

By Ali Madad | Published: July 6, 2009
U.S. Transit Agencies Turn to Cameras in Terror Fight, but Systems Vary in Effectiveness – New York Times: In New York City, which has the largest mass transit system in the United States and is considered the country’s most likely target for a terrorist attack, use of cameras is sporadic and not well coordinated. The Metropolitan [...]
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Privacy Is Dead (Get Over It)

By Ali Madad | Published: July 6, 2009
Privacy guru, Steve Rambam at 2600’s Last Hope Conference:
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