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smith it been following interesting #sgw discussions (@
caparsons asked me 2 spread word, I passed it on 2 a few folks in my online world)
NEW BLOG POST, Surveillance Games Research Workshop Livetweets #sgw -
tinyurl.comWhile waiting for #sgw to start... Here's info on cell phone surveillance: The secrets on your smartphone
bit.lyVery apropos of today: Traffic cameras used to harass and limit movement of peaceful protestors
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And, just so the tag doesn't become disconnected from reality: here is the link to Surveillance Games Workshop:
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Kate is blogging the conference, too: Let the (surveillance) games begin
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Not really the games, but #surveillance And by us. Self-surveillance breeds in a surveillance society?
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David Lyon welcomes us back to the Surveillance Games Workshop. #sgw
Cases of Security and Securitization: Eick Volker on FIFA's commercialization (and securitization) of soccer/football games #sgw
Volker considers neo-liberal "glocalization" of the world... and how it plays out in the FIFA case #sgw
FIFA has "fanzones" / "fanmiles" during their games, which become private spaces but only temporarily, removing cameras afterward. #sgw
Thanks to @smith for his insightful liveblogging of the Surveillance Games Workshop. V. important issues for urban/public spaces. #sgw
Chiara Fonio: The XX Winter Olympic Games: Torino 2006
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Torino was transformed during the olympics, and surveillance technologies played a big part of this. Legacy remains. #sgw
Torino transformation via surveillance. Example: RFID transit pass. Subway with surveillance cameras. Traffic ops centre. #sgw
Torino has a marked reduction in "surveillance free" areas in the urban environment. #sgw
Surveillance installation in Torino strongly shaped by recent (at the time) London ("7/7") bombings. #sgw
Torino: Olympics increased surveillance that went far beyond the venues and it has remained after the games. #sgw
Next speaker: M. Samatas (U of Crete) Surveilling Athens 2004 Olympics under the exploitation of 9/11 impact.
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Greece hoped to "purify" and "patriate" the games. Failed. Expensive surveillance system. Failed. Nevertheless, safe and pleasant. #sgw
Cost of the surveillance system for Greece Olympics was outrageous (esp. when it failed). Greeks now very skeptical about Olympics. #sgw
Olympics have nothing to do with "Olympic ideals." Simply a neoliberal mega-event full of scandal, doping, environmental tragedy. #sgw
USA/IOC threatened to shut games unless Greece cooperated to build massive security infrastructure. US interfered/dictated project. #sgw
US Ambassador pushed specific devices and methods for surveillance. #sgw
USled seven member international security task force (OAG) staged "largest security operation in peacetime Europe." #sgw
SAIC-SEIMENS C4I system built but never worked and was supplemented with a blimp with cameras, pointing into people's houses. #sgw
Subsequently, mobile phone system compromised and a phone tapping scandal erupted. #sgw
Olympic surveillance cameras not removed, left for "traffic control," but deployed when teachers demonstrated for better wages. #sgw
Proposal: give up on the "Olympics" and host an alternative, non-commercial athletics games. #sgw
Greeks - even hooligans and criminals - took a holiday during the games. Also "usual suspects" were under extreme scrutiny. Peaceful. #sgw
Money spent on fancy cameras, which subsequently broke down, could have been better spend on roads, if safety is the goal. #sgw
SAIC - the IT equivalent of "Blackwater" - has deep connections to US intelligence community. Built the system for Greek Olympics. #sgw
Link to the SAIC press release on Grek Olympics:
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#Olympics have nothing to do with "Olympic ideals." Simply a mega-event full of scandal, doping, environmental tragedy. #sgw via: @smith
Livetweetage on my site #TEDxVan -
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bit.ly - sad I'm missing all 3
Question about RFID cards and standards. Did a quick Google search and turned up this from RFID journal:
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If you weren't able to make it to Surveillance Games, check out @smith for a livetweet stream of the various speakers #sgw
Minas identifies something unique: an entire population (as opposed to an activist sub-population) resistant to the idea of surveillance#sgw
Minas identifies something unique:an entire population (as opposed to an activist sub-population) resistant to the idea of surveillance #sgw
It was mentioned yesterday that privacy laws hindered data sharing btw agencies for 9/11; this may be a myth
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Good morning Surveillance Games! #sgw
Surveillance Games Workshop continues: more "Cases of Security and Securitization." #sgw
Francisco Klauser: Spatial articulations of surveillance at the FIFA World
Cup 2006 in Germany
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