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April 14, 2005

Steve Mann is Watching the Watchers

Posted by Eric at 8:49 am. Filed under: General

Wired has an interesting article today on the subject, and there is one Mr. Mann who has made it his mission to do “sousveillance.”

In an attempt to establish equity in the world of surveillance, participants at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle this week took to the streets to ferret out surveillance cameras and turn the tables on offensive eyes taking their picture.

He has designed a wallet that requires someone to show ID in order to see his ID. The device consists of a wallet with a card reader on it. His driver’s license can be seen only partially through a display. And in order for someone to see the rest of his ID, they have to swipe their own ID through the card reader to open the wallet.


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