News on Surveillance Technology
From digital fingerprinting to iris and retina recognition, biometric identification systems are a multibillion dollar industry and an integral part of post-9/11 national security strategy. Yet these technologies often fail […]
Archivists have long recognized the inherent historical and social mandate in preserving stories of those who endured violence at the hands of the state. Examples of this responsibility include archivists […]
Speakers: Oscar H Gandy Jr and Professor Louise Amoore Published on: 19 May 2016 The increasingly precise segmentation and targeting of commercial messages has been enabled in large part through […]
From electronic ankle monitors and predictive-policing algorithms to workplace surveillance systems, technologies originally developed for policing and prisons have rapidly expanded into nonjuridical domains, including hospitals, schools, banking, social services, […]
