Comments on: Statistical persons http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/04/05/sentient-cities/ part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Steph Carr http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/04/05/sentient-cities/#comment-1131 Steph Carr Sat, 06 Apr 2013 20:23:02 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/?p=348#comment-1131 Thanks Chantelle. Ambient intelligence is really interesting stuff, and I suspect is massively developed since the authors wrote their piece in 2007. I wander round London using my phone as a map, my Oyster card to get on and off buses and tubes, and my bank card to pay for things. I reckon that must paint a pretty detailed picture of my life. I suppose it's a question of what you gain in return, as you mention. I also think that because data collection and processing is so embedded in everyday life, people don't know how much is being collected, how, and for what purpose; and this leaves a vacuum for concerns to develop about the erosion of privacy which might well be out of proportion. Or might not be, who knows!! Thanks Chantelle. Ambient intelligence is really interesting stuff, and I suspect is massively developed since the authors wrote their piece in 2007. I wander round London using my phone as a map, my Oyster card to get on and off buses and tubes, and my bank card to pay for things. I reckon that must paint a pretty detailed picture of my life. I suppose it’s a question of what you gain in return, as you mention.

I also think that because data collection and processing is so embedded in everyday life, people don’t know how much is being collected, how, and for what purpose; and this leaves a vacuum for concerns to develop about the erosion of privacy which might well be out of proportion. Or might not be, who knows!!

]]> By: cmeckenstock http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/2013/04/05/sentient-cities/#comment-1113 cmeckenstock Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:38:39 +0000 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/stephaniec/?p=348#comment-1113 Nice piece of research there, Steph. I have not heard of the term ambient intelligence but it certainly is disconcerting. Huge work need to be done on ethics of such technology and the idea of data protection and privacy versus assumed security, including the idea of how data is captured and by whom etc... I was intrigued for example how fraud teams in banks are able to detect fraudalent uses of our debit cards. On the one hand, I feel safe, on the other, I am troubled by the mechanism of this process and how connected our data is to some form of surveillance... Nice piece of research there, Steph. I have not heard of the term ambient intelligence but it certainly is disconcerting. Huge work need to be done on ethics of such technology and the idea of data protection and privacy versus assumed security, including the idea of how data is captured and by whom etc… I was intrigued for example how fraud teams in banks are able to detect fraudalent uses of our debit cards. On the one hand, I feel safe, on the other, I am troubled by the mechanism of this process and how connected our data is to some form of surveillance…

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