Gestern hat die NSA bekannt gegeben, ihre offensiven und defensiven Cyberwarfähigkeiten zusammen zu legen. Diese Entscheidung verstärkt den Trend zur Vermischung von Cyberwar, Spionage und Überwachung weiter. Diese Entscheidung steht auch im starken Gegensatz zu den Empfehlungen der Kommission zu Reformvorschlägen der NSA Massenüberwachung ( Clarke, R. A., Morell, M. J., Stone, G. R., & […]
New Publication: Schulze, M. 2015. Patterns of Surveillance Legitimization: The German Discourse on the NSA Scandal. Surveillance & Society 13(2): 197-217
This paper conceptualizes scandals as a special type of discourse in which the legitimacy of surveillance institutions and practices comes into question. Scandals force surveillance advocates to engage in legitimacy management practices (Suchmann 1995) and adopt legitimization strategies that can be observed. This paper presents a framework for the study of surveillance legitimizing strategies in […]
we need new surveillance metaphors
The idea of enlightenment was that if we teach enough people to use their brain and to engage in critical thinking, our problems with bad governments will go away. The premise of enlightenment was „knowledge is power“ and combined with democratic elements a tool to hold power in check. Therefore public schools where created to […]
Noteworthy talking points from Edward Snowden and Chris Soghoian @ SXSW
In case you haven’t seen yet, Edward Snowden gave a talk at one of the biggest tech-consumer shows, the SXSW. Folks like Googles Eric Schmidt tend to be present there and give keynotes (which he did). I just wanted to highlight some of the most interesting points they talked in their video-chat conversation. Edward Snowden […]
press review June 13
It happens to me quite often, that my daily newspaper reading is quite depressing. It seems to be the common motive of press news, that they are almost always negative. Sure, catastrophes sell and dramatic news and big stories generate more income, I know, I know. However, I’m looking forward to the day when the […]