Uberveillance: Misinformation, Misrepresentation of Data and Information Manipulation
Recorded 28 January 2021. IIIT Hyderabad.
International Data Privacy Day.
Uberveillance can be defined as an omnipresent electronic surveillance facilitated by technology that makes it possible to embed surveillance devices into the human body. Uberveillance has to do with: identity, location, condition. It is about the fundamental who, where, when questions in an attempt to derive why (motivation), what (result), and even how (method/plan/thought).
Uberveillance is about “ubiquitous or pervasive electronic surveillance that is not only ‘always on’ but ‘always with you,’ ultimately in the form of bodily invasive surveillance” (ALD, 2010). The term was coined by MG Michael in 2006 and entered the Macquarie Dictionary of Australia in 2008 as “an omnipresent electronic surveillance facilitated by technology that makes it possible to embed surveillance devices in the human body” (Macquarie, 2009, p. 1094). The concern over uberveillance is directly related to the misinformation, misinterpretation, and information manipulation of citizens' data. We can strive for omnipresence through real-time remote sharing and monitoring, but we will never achieve simple omniscience (Michael & Michael, 2009). This presentation will cover emerging “last mile” technologies, the collection of data related to the body and mind, the application of this data by government and commerce, and the problems and perils related to artificial intelligence in the context of uberveillance.
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