The realisation of this even being a reality one day raises the question of privacy and inherent human rights. Are we ready for an uberveillance society? I don't think anyone is ready for that, nor will they ever be. Unfortunately with new technologies being developed every single day, it is looking more and more likely that one day in the future this will go from being an outrageous idea to the standard.
With products like Google Glass due out later in the year, it shows how far technology has come already and that nothing really is unimaginable. Google Glass is a wearable device that does everything a smart phone can do and more, all with a simple voice command. So not only can it take photos, record video, send messages and search the web but it can also monitor your heart rate and navigate you around. Have a bad sense of direction? Never fear, Google Glass will map out a route to follow right in front of your eyes! With technology like this being made available to the public who knows where this could lead and what boundaries will be set. I don't know about you, but I find the direction technology is heading a little unsettling. What will be in the next wave of inventions? Could it be implantable microchips? It's hard to comprehend the possibilities of next generation technology.
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Reference:
M.G Michael and K. Michael 2010 "Towards a State of Uberveillance" IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 29.2 (2010): 9-16 [Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kmicahel/187]
T Mogg 2013 "Google Glass: Privacy Officials From Six Nations ask Larry Page For More Info", <http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-glass-privacy-officials-from-six-nations-ask-larry-page-for-more-info/>
I enjoy reading your post. I think you are really communicating to readers. I like how you related to George Orwell’s 1984 to give readers brief understanding of what is uberveillance. I think you did well in giving definition by quoting source and simplify that in your own words. The example of Google Glass, accompany with image, is well-used which clearly illustrated the potential influence of uberveillance with advanced of technology. The questions you posed let readers to reflect on the future. It is good that you discuss the animals tag, though what you fear about the implantation of microchips on human has actually been realized and in test process, like RFID chips. The day we will always be 'watched' is near.
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ReplyDeleteI am back in your blog :) …I like the definition you give to uberveillance and how you talk about technology with the google glass example and how you use your references to give your post good support for readers. When you mention tagging I think you should research a little more and talk about how animals and people are being tagged. It is well known now days that the Radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip is used and being implanted in humans and animals and not just implanted but also being used in objects people use commonly like passports, driver license, paypass credit cards, or toll e-tags… apart from that all the check-ins people do on their phones (http://blog.launch.co/blog/new-path-app-automatically-opts-you-into-sharing-your-locati.html) make me think Uberveillance is not science fiction anymore.