We spy on the new culture of surveillance. Kurt Andersen talks to technologist and philosopher Jaron Lanier about why we have to watch the watchers. An artist meticulously tracks government spy satellites crossing the night sky. A computer scientist explains what goes into building a facial recognition system. And sitting silently in her car, a photographer secretly snaps pictures of strangers in their homes.
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Tech Weekly live: Personal privacy and public diplomacy
In a special edition recorded live at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre, Aleks Krotoski is joined by coder Austin Heap and Christina Zaba of NO2ID to talk about privacy, surveillance and online censorship.
Becky Hogge from the Open Rights Group joins Aleks Krotoski and Charles Arthur in a special Tech Weekly, recorded live at the Science Museum’s Dana Centre.
Our other guests? Austin Heap is a wunderkind hacker who used his own encryption software, Haystack, to open up the Iranian internet in the aftermath of the disputed elections in 2009. By breaking through the Iranian government’s blockade, the software allowed people on the ground in Tehran to access communication tools they could use to describe unfolding events to the rest of the world.
Meanwhile, personal surveillance has reached an all-time high: our web traffic is observed and recorded by governments and corporations. With every click we create personal digital identities that ‘belong’ to other people. Should we be worried about the private becoming public in this way, or should we reclaim ourselves using encryption software that hides who we are and where we go online? NO2ID’s Christine Zaba will be on hand to lead you through the issues and the options.
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From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/audio/2010/mar/30/austin-heap-christina-zaba-privacy