Intro to Media Studies BBS


Message from: Rony Kubat (koobs@MIT.EDU)
About: Information in exchange for what?

Thu, 6 Feb 1997 03:50:02 -0500

  • Next message: brian tivol: "Lab One"
    The information age has made it very easy to record nearly any event and to
    publish it for public consumption. This has allowed many people's stories
    and ideas to be published and has arguable brought the first amendment to
    the masses. But this increase in the ease of information capture and
    publishing has had the unfortunate side effect of increasing the
    difficulty of retaining one's privacy. We may not notice the extent to
    which we are being monitored. Video cameras are now cheep enough to place
    almost anywhere, from the back domes in the ceilings of malls, to the
    windows of ATMs and now even in changing rooms and bathroom stalls. Very
    few tools exist to help retain our privacy. One of these tools is PGPFone,
    a "telephone" for the internet. PGPFone encrypts telephone conversations
    and by doing so, allows to people to communicate over a distance in
    complete privacy. Of course, this has been possible for a long time using
    scrambling telephones, but now, this power is available to a much broader
    audience. This by itself is a much more powerful tool for free speech then
    universal publishing.

    PGPFone can be found at:
    http://web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone/
    and
    http://www.pgp.com

    Also be sure to check out Steve Mann's page at http://wearcam.org for other
    places you can find securty cameras.

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    "Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?"
    - Obi Wan Kenobi

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