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Article: Poking the camera's eye: total surveillance awareness. (Citings).(Who watches the watchmen?)
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WHO WATCHES THE watchmen?
One possible answer: We all should. This answer animates World Sousveillance Day (WSD), which took place on December 24. (Sousveillance is a neologism meaning "sight from below" or "undersight").
On that day, citizens all over the nation were supposed to approach public surveillance cameras and aim their own cameras back at them. The idea is that if the cameras can't be eliminated, all of us "below" should at least be keeping our eyes on those "above" who are keeping their eyes on us.
The idea originated with Steve Mann, a University of Toronto computer engineering professor famous for turning himself into a cyborg. ...