Tag: June 2014

During the last century a variety of surveillance technologies have arrived, have been deployed, and have had impacts on society,…  Read More

Some years ago, a sweet grandma in my (Christine’s) neighborhood was convinced that one of her neighbors was involved in…  Read More

Within the next decade, reactive medical practices will evolve into what has been popularly coined “P4” medicine — predictive, preventive,…  Read More

This piece briefly outlines the legal implications of surveillance, sousveillance, and “whistle-blowing” in a German human rights context. For the…  Read More

Looxcie 2 Video Camera. Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54450095@N05/6345166957. The point of view (POV) camera is a compact portable device carried by police…  Read More

Fig. 1. The effectiveness of a security measure is plotted against its impact on privacy. Optimal solutions improve both security…  Read More

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine contributor Alexander Hayes interviewed Glass Explorer Cecilia Abadie on January 21, 2013. The complete Google…  Read More

The Australian trucking industry uses the Global Positioning System (GPS) as its main tracking system. A satellite dish connects the…  Read More

The introduction and announcement of Google Glass on April 4, 2012, changed the landscape of computing for the everyday person….  Read More

A rugged male Metro Toronto police officer stares down a female protester outside the Toronto G-20 meetings in 2010. She…  Read More

I have often wondered what it would be like to rid myself of a keyboard for data entry, and a…  Read More

“Security” is a Latin word which means “without care,” from the Latin prefix “Se” (meaning “without”) and “curity” meaning “care.”…  Read More

Dear Drs. Albrecht and Michael, I recently came across your Editorial titled: “We’ve Got to do Better” [1] and felt…  Read More

George Orwell once observed that “the ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will tend…  Read More

When Cecilia Abadie — a Google Glass “explorer” testing out the new device — received the first ever traffic ticket…  Read More

Anecdotally, most people know that the video technology they use in everyday life is changing at an alarmingly fast pace….  Read More