The inevitability of the transition from a surveillance-society to a veillance-society: Moral and economic grounding for sousveillance

Ali, Mir Adnan; Mann, Steve

doi:10.1109/istas.2013.6613126

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“…Sousveillance, loosely defined as the vulnerable watching the powerful, coveillance (côtéveillance or soveillance or sociaveillance or mediaveillance), loosely defined as the side-to-side gaze between peers via social media and the like, and metaveillance, loosely defined as the sensing of sensors and the sensing of their capacity to sense, are relatively recent concepts emerging around the generalized idea of "veillance," which is defined as purposeful sensing (Janzen and Mann 2014;Reynolds 2011;Bakir 2010;Mann 2002;Ali and Mann 2013;Ganascia 2010;Vertegaal and Shell 2008;Michael and Michael 2012;Bakir 2009;Fernback 2013;Reilly 2015;Cardullo 2014;Ali et al 2013a;Nolan, Mann, and Wellman 2008;Ali et al 2013b. Weber 2012a, 2012bMortensen 2014;Quessada 2010;Manders 2013;Cammaerts 2015).…”

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Wearables and Sur(over)-Veillance, Sous(under)-Veillance, Co(So)-Veillance, and MetaVeillance (Veillance of Veillance) for Health and Well-Being

Mann

2020

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At the University of Toronto, we’re embarking on a bold new initiative to bring together these four disciplines: law, business, engineering, and medicine, through what we call “sousveillant systems”—grassroots systems of “bottom up” facilitation of cross-, trans-, inter-, meta-, and anti-disciplinarity, or, more importantly, cross-, trans-, and inter-passionary efforts. Passion is a better master than discipline (to paraphrase Albert Einstein’s “Love is a better master than duty”). Our aim is not to eliminate “big science,” “big data,” and “big watching” (surveillance), but to complement these things with a balancing force. There will still be “ladder climbers,” but we aim to balance these entities and individuals with those who embody the “integrity of authenticity” and to provide a complete picture that is otherwise a half-truth when only the “big” end is present. This generalizes the notion of “open source,” where each instance of a system (e.g., computer operating system) contains or can contain its own seeds (e.g., source code). Sousveillant systems are an alternative to the otherwise sterile world of closed-source, specialist silos that are not auditable by end-users (i.e., are only auditable by authorities from “above”).

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Wearables and Sur(over)-Veillance, Sous(under)-Veillance, Co(So)-Veillance, and MetaVeillance (Veillance of Veillance) for Health and Well-Being

Mann

2020

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“…Sousveillance advocates argue for a type of radical transparency (Brin 1997;Ali & Mann 2013). If the problem with big data algorithms is the constant monitoring and surveillance of our activities by economic and political elites, then the solution is to turn the surveillance technology back on those economic and political elites.…”

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The Threat of Algocracy: Reality, Resistance and Accommodation

2016

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EnhancementOne of the most noticeable trends in recent years has been the increasing reliance of public decision-making processes (bureaucratic, legislative and legal) on algorithms, i.e. computer programmed step-by-step instructions for taking a given set of inputs and producing an output. The question raised by this article is whether the rise of such algorithmic governance creates problems for the moral or political legitimacy of our public decision-making processes. Ignoring common concerns with data protection and privacy, it is argued that algorithm-driven decisionmaking does pose a significant threat to the legitimacy of such processes. Modeling my argument on Estlund's threat of epistocracy, I call this the 'threat of algocracy'. The article clarifies the nature of this threat, and addresses two possible solutions (named, respectively, "resistance" and "accommodation"). It is argued that neither solution is likely to be successful, at least not without risking many other things we value about social decision-making. The result is a somewhat pessimistic conclusion in which we confront the possibility that we are creating decision-making processes that constrain and limit opportunities for human participation. Abstract Abstract Introduction

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“…Implanted personal computing removes the need to carry so many portable gadgets, reducing the chance of street muggings. Likewise, embedded camera and sound recording technology would further support this, as sousveillence typically reduces extortion [45]. Ubiquitous computing and sensing would be an effective way to reduce terrorist activities and perhaps reduce the impact of successful attacks by aiding recovery and identification of missing persons during disaster scenarios.…”

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Intelligent Subcutaneous Body Area Networks: Anticipating Implantable Devices

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McLaughlin

2016

IEEE Technol. Soc. Mag.

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The area of emerging and futuristic intelligent bodyimplantable networked devices will begin to materialize as one of the next big themes in future personal computing, offering huge rewards to society if implemented correctly. With this technology potentially beginning to enter the mainstream in the next 5-15 years considerable effort is required to develop legislation, policies, procedures, device and network security, and to convince the general public that this technology is the next logical step in personal computing. This article investigates these systems and analyses the benefits and hurdles the technology is likely to face if we are to realize such systems in our societies of tomorrow.

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The inevitability of the transition from a surveillance-society to a veillance-society: Moral and economic grounding for sousveillance

Cited by 14 publications

References 26 publications

Wearables and Sur(over)-Veillance, Sous(under)-Veillance, Co(So)-Veillance, and MetaVeillance (Veillance of Veillance) for Health and Well-Being

Wearables and Sur(over)-Veillance, Sous(under)-Veillance, Co(So)-Veillance, and MetaVeillance (Veillance of Veillance) for Health and Well-Being

The Threat of Algocracy: Reality, Resistance and Accommodation

Intelligent Subcutaneous Body Area Networks: Anticipating Implantable Devices

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