Guymon

Surveillance and Security

Ich lese gerade Surveillance and Security: Technological Politics and Power in Everyday Life und finde die Prämisse des Buchs sehr spannend, und richtig:

The question is usually along the lines of “Do they work?” – meaning, are surveillance systems efficacious at preventing crime or terrorism? Although important, this type of question is really an extension of the logic of trade-offs proffered in the opening quotes, because the implication is that if systems are not sufficiently effective, then they are not worth the sacrifice or investment.
This book argues that these are the wrong questions because they obscure the real changes underway and issus at play with incorporation of surveillance technologies into public life.

Weiter:

Surveillance technologies clearly alter social behaviour and are intended to do so, usually as planned deterrents to deviant behaviour but not always with the outcomes intended. They act as forms of social engineering that legislate norms for acceptable and unacceptable behaviours and actions, and they accomplish this task by individualizing people.

Biometrie: Eyeball Tracking

Die Firma ID-U Biometrics glaubt ein neues biometrisches Verfahren gefunden zu haben:

In ID-U Biometrics’ system, the user has to watch a moving object onscreen, while the camera observes the motion of their eyes. Since the way our eyes move is based on a combination of factors —such as anatomy, physiology, behavioral characteristics, eye structure—it’s a signature that simply can’t be duplicated or forged, according to its developers. (…) Another controversial feature of the technology: it can tell when you’re stressed, tired, drugged or drunk, since these factors affect your eye movements.

DNS-Test-Zwang

Schönes Beispiel wie das mit dem “freiwilligen Gentest” zu verstehen ist:

Die verbleibenden Frauen, die vielleicht aus Zeitmangel , vielleicht aus Desinteresse, vielleicht aber auch aus Unbehagen, dem Staat ihren genetischen Fingerabdruck zu liefern, der Einladung zum freiwilligen Test nicht nachgekommen sind, bekommen nun Hausbesuch – schließlich scheinen sie etwas zu verbergen zu haben!
Ich gehe davon aus, dass viele Frauen den Test dann noch nachholen. gibt Polizeisprecher Jörg Reinemer sich siegesgewiss.

Biometrie: Augenbewegung

Technology Review berichtet über ein neues biometrisches Verfahren, bei dem die Bewegung der Augen gemessen wird:

The way you view the world is unique, so why not use it to identify you?

A company in Israel has developed a security system that does just this—exploiting a person’s unique pattern of eye movements to identify them. Most biometric security systems measure physical features that are constant, such as fingerprints or iris patterns. An eye-tracking system has the potential to be harder to fool and easier use, its creators say.

The new system tracks the way a person’s eye moves as he watches an icon roam around a computer screen. The way the icon moves can be different every time, but the user’s eye movements include “kinetic features”—slight variations in trajectory—that are unique, making it possible to identify him. This is less complicated than using a long pass phrase or a smart card to gain access to a computer system or a building.

Defeating Big Brother

Nette Ignite Präsentation von Dr. Alex Kilpatric: Defeating Big Brother

Dr. Alex Kilpatrick has worked on biometrics for the past couple of years. His experiments show that Hollywood is taking creative liberties when writing their shows. Alex shows us what does work and how you can thwart Big Brother’s systems that are monitoring you. Biometrics themselves aren’t bad or evil. They are used to prevent any number of crimes, but knowing what’s possible and what isn’t will lead to a more transparent society.