HIST 4030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Utah Data Center, Walter Kirn, Radiolab
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In the age of biometric surveillance there is no. Nsa + british gov got images from webcams to scan for potential terrorists. Technology for face recognition is growing; it"s easy to track what people are doing, bought, look like, etc. U. s. government - no laws currently in place to prevent people"s webcams. Biometrics algorithm and database - deconstructing biological features. Integrating these things into wearable technologieswould help you identify anonymous people. Biometric industry grows as the technology finds applications in defense industries, start- ups, etc. Kephart: emphasizes protection over surveillance as the purpose of biometrics; educates others. To assert control, we must determine if we have a right to our faces. The writer feels like he"s being watched based on some spooky coincidences. Nsa built a facility called utah data center for gathering information--the purposes we"re not sure about.
