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segunda-feira, junho 20, 2005
The pervasive inscription revolution is only beginning
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"The pervasive inscription revolution is only beginning," Smith proclaimed, the last time I asked him what's new. As long as I've known him, Smith has issued proclamations that start out enigmatic and sometimes become universal in a matter of months. By "inscription," Smith refers to behavior that leaves traces detectable by others. Physical behaviors that leave traces include footprints, fingerprints, DNA, being photographed or audio recorded and documents. Online behaviors that can leave traces include e-mail, links, logins and logouts, edits, purchasesadn downloads. Sensors that capture traces include cameras, microphones, RFID, accelerometers, motion sensors, pressure and temperature sensors and even body function monitors. Smith thinks many such sensors will either be built into phones or communicate with them.
Smith pointed me to the Web site of another Microsoft Research project, from their Cambridge, UK lab. According to the project site, "SenseCam is a badge-sized wearable camera that captures up to 2000 VGA images per day into 128Mbyte FLASH memory. In addition, sensor data such as movement, light level and temperature is recorded every second. This is similar to an aircraft Black Box accident recorder but miniaturised for the human body. It could help with memory recall, e.g. where did I leave my spectacles or keys? who did I meet last week? by doing a rewind of the days events. If a person has an accident, the events and images leading up to this will be recorded, and these could be useful to medical staff. It could also be used for automatic diary generation."
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While those civil libertarians who understand the implications of ubiquitous computing fear the dissolution of privacy in an era of pin-sized webcams and "smart dust" sensors too small to see, Smith wants to use tomorrow's surveillance infrastructure to enable new forms of authorship: "We are all authors now. We all inscribe. My cocoon of technology -- laptop, phone, PDA, mouse, keyboard, TV -- are all watching me. Every time I send e-mail or get off a phone in a new city, my cell phone provider knows where I am. I leave a trace. Physical behaviors, net behaviors, sensors leave traces. In the past, it was perhaps only footprints and obvious traces. Then it was documentation as you traveled across boundaries or used credit cards, or writing a document, making a political contribution, which left traces. Then behaviors on the net -- clicking, emailing, surfing, everything leaves a trace. Inscription without volition."
Since we're going to be snooped, sensed and surveilled by sensors in the environment, why not use sensors attached to our mobile devices to augment our memories, track our health and otherwise enhance our lives? Smith says, "The state is going to be recording everything we do, why shouldn't we make our own recordings -- if only to challenge the accuracy of what others capture?"
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Howard Rheingold
TheFeature :: Inscription: Surveillance Turned Inside Out
"The pervasive inscription revolution is only beginning," Smith proclaimed, the last time I asked him what's new. As long as I've known him, Smith has issued proclamations that start out enigmatic and sometimes become universal in a matter of months. By "inscription," Smith refers to behavior that leaves traces detectable by others. Physical behaviors that leave traces include footprints, fingerprints, DNA, being photographed or audio recorded and documents. Online behaviors that can leave traces include e-mail, links, logins and logouts, edits, purchasesadn downloads. Sensors that capture traces include cameras, microphones, RFID, accelerometers, motion sensors, pressure and temperature sensors and even body function monitors. Smith thinks many such sensors will either be built into phones or communicate with them.
Smith pointed me to the Web site of another Microsoft Research project, from their Cambridge, UK lab. According to the project site, "SenseCam is a badge-sized wearable camera that captures up to 2000 VGA images per day into 128Mbyte FLASH memory. In addition, sensor data such as movement, light level and temperature is recorded every second. This is similar to an aircraft Black Box accident recorder but miniaturised for the human body. It could help with memory recall, e.g. where did I leave my spectacles or keys? who did I meet last week? by doing a rewind of the days events. If a person has an accident, the events and images leading up to this will be recorded, and these could be useful to medical staff. It could also be used for automatic diary generation."
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While those civil libertarians who understand the implications of ubiquitous computing fear the dissolution of privacy in an era of pin-sized webcams and "smart dust" sensors too small to see, Smith wants to use tomorrow's surveillance infrastructure to enable new forms of authorship: "We are all authors now. We all inscribe. My cocoon of technology -- laptop, phone, PDA, mouse, keyboard, TV -- are all watching me. Every time I send e-mail or get off a phone in a new city, my cell phone provider knows where I am. I leave a trace. Physical behaviors, net behaviors, sensors leave traces. In the past, it was perhaps only footprints and obvious traces. Then it was documentation as you traveled across boundaries or used credit cards, or writing a document, making a political contribution, which left traces. Then behaviors on the net -- clicking, emailing, surfing, everything leaves a trace. Inscription without volition."
Since we're going to be snooped, sensed and surveilled by sensors in the environment, why not use sensors attached to our mobile devices to augment our memories, track our health and otherwise enhance our lives? Smith says, "The state is going to be recording everything we do, why shouldn't we make our own recordings -- if only to challenge the accuracy of what others capture?"
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Howard Rheingold
TheFeature :: Inscription: Surveillance Turned Inside Out
posted by CMT, 3:14 da tarde
