Wired on Sousveillance
posted by:Marty // 09:22 AM // April 14, 2005 // Digital Activism and Advocacy | Walking On the Identity Trail
Kim Zetter has published this article at Wired on the sousveillance escapades of Steve Mann while he's attending CFP in Seatlle. For those familliar with souveillance [a word-play on the French words sur (over) and sous (under). The term essentially means watching the watchers], this article provides a glimpse of what On the Identity Trail's own Steve Mann has been up to...
He has designed a wallet that requires someone to show ID in order to see his ID. The device consists of a wallet with a card reader on it. His driver's license can be seen only partially through a display. And in order for someone to see the rest of his ID, they have to swipe their own ID through the card reader to open the wallet.He also made a briefcase that has a fingerprint scan that requires the fingerprint of someone else to open it.
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