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You don't see anything wrong with """ "Sentiment analysis" that can determine your mood; "horizon scanning" that tries to pre-empt disorder and crime; facial r

You don't see anything wrong with """ "Sentiment analysis" that can determine your mood; "horizon scanning" that tries to pre-empt disorder and crime; facial recognition software that can track down individuals; geo-location that is able to pinpoint your whereabouts, and profiling that can map who you are and what circles you move in. """

saraid216 13y ago
You're advocating against anyone doing these things, I hope, and not just cherry-picking this particular program because it happens to be associated with PRISM?
- null_ptr 13y ago
  I admit that this is interesting and insightful research. But I have to look at it in the context of our current world, and in this context it's likely to do more harm than good to humankind.
  - kamjam 13y ago
    What do you mean? What context, the last few weeks, the last few years or the last few decades? They're doing nothing that you and I couldn't do already, as humans, without any special trickery. Just automating it. If you tweet something, I can read it. If you post something on Facebook as public, can read it. Post something on a public forum, I can read it. This is nothing new - marketers and spammers have been using this same data for years. This is NOT a privacy issue if you in the first place decided to not make it one. It a big difference between information you've made publicly available and data-mining private information without a warrant. This article is a bit bullshit and headline grabbing to be honest, and looks at it from a PRISM perspective which is the wrong angle.
  - saraid216 13y ago
    You should probably be campaigning for most Information School departments in universities to be shut down, then. My alma mater has been doing stuff like this for years. Random stuff I found by googling a bit: http://ischooloss.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/cyber-surveillance-in-everyday-life-an-international-workshop/ http://ischooloss.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/cyber-surveillanc... http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/05/02/arts-leisure/henry-unveils-sanctum#.UctBST5AQso http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/05/02/arts-leisure/henry-unv... http://faculty.washington.edu/pkahn/articles/ww.pdf http://faculty.washington.edu/pkahn/articles/ww.pdf
sailfast 13y ago
All of that information is provided by the social media user, voluntarily to the public internet. If you don't want your mood analyzed then it is best not to post "I'm grumpy this morning" on Twitter. Companies do the same thing for marketing campaigns - I'm not seeing a problem here or how this relates as a "little brother" to other programs.
- digitalengineer 13y ago
  Not quite. I did some UI work for a phone-company and their in-store camera's were able to detect clients mood within a second. They even demo'd it and showed the mood of people walking in. Right now it's only capable of 'happy, neutral and not-happy' as well as suggest man/woman. I'm pretty sure the software driving those camera's will only get better. Combine that with facial recognition and it get's creepy.

saraid216 13y ago

You're advocating against anyone doing these things, I hope, and not just cherry-picking this particular program because it happens to be associated with PRISM?

null_ptr 13y ago
I admit that this is interesting and insightful research. But I have to look at it in the context of our current world, and in this context it's likely to do more harm than good to humankind.
- kamjam 13y ago
  What do you mean? What context, the last few weeks, the last few years or the last few decades? They're doing nothing that you and I couldn't do already, as humans, without any special trickery. Just automating it. If you tweet something, I can read it. If you post something on Facebook as public, can read it. Post something on a public forum, I can read it. This is nothing new - marketers and spammers have been using this same data for years. This is NOT a privacy issue if you in the first place decided to not make it one. It a big difference between information you've made publicly available and data-mining private information without a warrant. This article is a bit bullshit and headline grabbing to be honest, and looks at it from a PRISM perspective which is the wrong angle.
- saraid216 13y ago
  You should probably be campaigning for most Information School departments in universities to be shut down, then. My alma mater has been doing stuff like this for years. Random stuff I found by googling a bit: http://ischooloss.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/cyber-surveillance-in-everyday-life-an-international-workshop/ http://ischooloss.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/cyber-surveillanc... http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/05/02/arts-leisure/henry-unveils-sanctum#.UctBST5AQso http://dailyuw.com/archive/2013/05/02/arts-leisure/henry-unv... http://faculty.washington.edu/pkahn/articles/ww.pdf http://faculty.washington.edu/pkahn/articles/ww.pdf

sailfast 13y ago

All of that information is provided by the social media user, voluntarily to the public internet. If you don't want your mood analyzed then it is best not to post "I'm grumpy this morning" on Twitter. Companies do the same thing for marketing campaigns - I'm not seeing a problem here or how this relates as a "little brother" to other programs.

digitalengineer 13y ago
Not quite. I did some UI work for a phone-company and their in-store camera's were able to detect clients mood within a second. They even demo'd it and showed the mood of people walking in. Right now it's only capable of 'happy, neutral and not-happy' as well as suggest man/woman. I'm pretty sure the software driving those camera's will only get better. Combine that with facial recognition and it get's creepy.