Cyborg: Digital Destiny and Human Possibility in the Age of the Wearable Computer
Cyborg: Digital Destiny and Human Possibility in the Age of the Wearable Computer
Continuous lifelong capture of personal experience with EyeTap
Proceedings of the the 1st ACM workshop on Continuous archival and retrieval of personal experiences
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective
The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective
The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship
The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship
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Will the proliferation of devices that provide the continuous archival and retrieval of personal experiences (CARPE) improve control over, access to and the record of collective knowledge as Vannevar Bush once predicted with his futuristic memex? Or is it possible that their increasing ubiquity might pose fundamental risks to humanity, as Donald Norman contemplated in his investigation of an imaginary CARPE device he called the "Teddy"? Through an examination of the webcam experiment of Jenni Ringley and the EyeTap experiments of Steve Mann, this article explores some of the social implications of CARPE. The authors' central claim is that focussing on notions of individual consent and control in assessing the privacy implications of CARPE while reflective of the individualistic conception of privacy that predominates western thinking, is nevertheless inadequate in terms of recognizing the effect of individual uptake of these kinds of technologies on the level of privacy we are all collectively entitled to expect. The authors urge that future analysis ought to take a broader approach that considers contextual factors affecting user groups and the possible limitations on our collective ability to control the social meanings associated with the subsequent distribution and use of personal images and experiences after they are captured and archived. The authors ultimately recommend an approach that takes into account the collective impact that CARPE technologies will have on privacy and identity formation and highlight aspects of that approach.