The document discusses the history and growth of web 2.0 and mass surveillance. It notes how smartphones and sensors allow real-time data collection, and how governments and companies seek to control this unique user data. The document outlines how government surveillance programs like PRISM illegally monitor users' online activities such as search terms and social media use without evidence of wrongdoing, violating individuals' basic right to privacy.

1. Pecha Kucha
Web 2.0 & Surveillance

2. What is web 2.0
• Second generation of the WWW
• Ability for people to share information
• Non static

3. Smartphone revolution
• Collective intelligence moves from desktops to
• Cameras and sensors allow real time
information.

4. Crowdsourcing
• Collective work created by web users
• Far more effective
• Eg. Ebay, Youtube, Twitter, flickr, facebook

5. Successful web 2.0 comapny
• Google
• GPS (cell tower)
• Voice recognition (Google microphone)
• Uses most frequent search terms for results

6. Growing web
• Smarter than in it was
• Search results, locations and voice
recognition.
• Movement to smart phone
• Real time Data

7. Race for control
• Control over unique data
• Monopoly rents for data usage

8. The Government and Mass Surveillance is an example of how
computing developments have led to modelling human
behaviour.
The government monitors:

9. How the Government tracks you
• Code names such as PRISM and XKEYSCORE which are
surveillance systems.
• It is illegal and breaks the law
• NSA surveillance came to light when contractor Edward
Snowden leaked documents.

10. History of Mass Surveillance
• American founders disagreed with British surveillance
and established the 4th amendment with understanding
that privacy is a basic human right.
• The 4th amendment prevents the government from
tracking personal information unless there is evidence of
a crime.
• The Government is breaking the law

11. History
• Government surveillance got worse when the US
congress gave Fisa courts more authority to have
surveillance on a large scale, allowing governments to
search a list of people and their crimes including those
with no offences.

12. • The Government can illegally track internet
users based on search terms on popular
websites, social networks and e-mails.
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13. The spying of people allows the government to
have complete control over people’s lives which
makes people question free speech, free
association and many more.

14. • http://broadbandworldforum.wordpress.com/
2013/01/31/lebanons-appetite-for-
smartphones-highlights-the-extent-to-which-
mobile-can-meet-demand-for-internet-
access/