Sousveillance

See also: Security | Public sphere | Panopticon

A method for the public to monitor the establishment and provide a new level of transparency. This concept is attributed to Steve Mann.

‘Sur’ is French for ‘over’ and ‘sous’ is French for ‘under’. Although it’s not correct French to write ‘veillance’ after it (even though it does have connections with old french – ‘veil’) – I think you still get the point.

• Sousveillance, not just surveillance, in response to terrorism

Related Topics

• Democracy
• Surveillance

Links

• We are all paparazzi now – Salon.com article on the enormous number of Web cams on the Internet.

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