Joi Ito says: “Of course we should all have seen this coming.”
Instead of banning them, Chinese authorities have creatively adapted cameraphones as yet another tool to control its citizens, if the latest allegations prove to be true. Authorities there reportedly threatened pro-democracy radio talk show hosts, after which they all quit. This didn’t involve cameraphones […]
Haven't read this yet, but this looks interesting…
This article has been widely blogged, can't remember where I first saw it… Charlie Stross on the panopticon. If a panopticon singularity emerges, you'd be well advised to stay away from Massachusetts if you and your partner aren't married. Don't…
Neat: first Intersection Repair grew out of one man?s despair, strategic and unified neighborhood action, and a little bit of luck. In the early 1990s, Mark Lakeman, one of City Repair?s founders, returned to Portland after living with indigenous Mayan…
Just to collect some of my notes and materials in one place: Current thesis: While the authorities are installing surveillance systems as mechanisms of control, rather than protection, the effects may have the opposite effect. "Surveillance society" may lead to…