Through
the progress in the information technology
and the new standards
in datatransmission
cellular phones are easily combined with multimedia
functions.
This leads to a situation where nearly every object
can become
a potential surveillance media
that will be excessively used
for
private and commercial uses.
Surveillance becomes an always present
possibility, independent of any sense of territory,
that today
is still the driving force
behind surveillance of malls, headquarters
or homes.
Since all of this data
can be shared and combined through
Internet,
the collection, use and ownership of this surveillance
material becomes diffuse and widespread,
omnipresent as well as potentially
democratized.
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