Title :
Declaration of veillance (Surveillance is Half-Truth)
Author :
Steve Mann;Ryan Janzen;Mir Adnan Ali;Ken Nickerson
Author_Institution :
Veillance Foundation, 330 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1G5
Abstract :
A core problem humanity faces today - underlying failing economies and governments, widespread corruption, and systems interoperability disasters - comes from a lack of integrity. We live in a world where organizations seek to know everything about us, yet reveal substantially nothing about themselves. This is a world of hypocrisy, which is the opposite of integrity. Hypocrisy is evident in entities which use surveillance cameras, while simultaneously forbidding others from taking pictures, or wearing a camera, such as a computer-based seeing aid. This combination of watching and concealment establishes a condescending or abusive dynamic. In terms of "Games People Play" from the theory of Transactional Analysis, this is what psychologists call a "We´re OK, you´re not OK" relationship. In response to these one-sided "(sur)veillance games" our governments and industry leaders impose on us, we propose key principles for information-gathering, reporting, and sensing (i.e. "veillance") under control of all individuals - The Declaration of Veillance, Version 1.0.
Keywords :
"Cameras","Surveillance","Sensors","Games","Privacy","Government","Wearable computers"
Conference_Titel :
Games Entertainment Media Conference (GEM), 2015 IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/GEM.2015.7377257