3 ms·
I understand Foucault observed that imperial countries tended to bring their methods of colonial control back to control their home populations, in a sense colo
by Estragon 16y ago
I understand Foucault observed that imperial countries tended to bring their methods of colonial control back to control their home populations, in a sense colonizing themselves. Similarly, it seems like it's only a matter of time before this ubiquitous surveillance and automated enforcement are used in developed, democratic countries.
- simonsarris 16y agoWell the British Empire isn't exactly as large as it was in its imperial days but London could be fairly accurately described as ubiquitously surveillanced, perhaps moreso with CCTV than mere (ha) UAVs would allow, since the CCTV cams permeate urban canopies (buildings).
- GFischer 16y agoI was impressed (not in a good way) by this news: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/web-used-to-track-woman-who-binned-cat/ http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/web-used-to-trac... CCTVs seem to be quite ubiquitous indeed.