As we witness our society racing ahead with surveillance-enabling sensors and platforms (tools) in the spirit of competitive advantage, this unstoppable momentum can easily drive one into an apathetic perspective when thinking about privacy and civil liberties, freedom of motion and anonymity. But I prefer to spend my energies thinking about what kinds of privacy-enhancements can be innovated into these next generation technologies. A few months back I authored a post entitled, “Responsible Innovation: Designing for Human Rights,” which introduces some thinking along this line. I am also hopeful that technologies such as Analytics in the Anonymized Data Space and Immutable Audit Logs will further contribute in this area. (via Jeff Jonas: Ubiquitous Sensors? You Have Seen Nothing Yet)
The Smarter Planet tumblelog is an outgrowth of IBM’s strategic initiative to help a world of smart systems emerge.
See this primer on Smarter Planet
