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Locative Technology and Information Warfare

Description

Artists, spies, and criminals use GPS-tagged augmented reality and shipping container tracking for overlapping purposes, blurring the line between art, surveillance, and espionage in a post-9/11 world.

Real-World Relevance

Prescient model of location data exploitation, GPS tracking, and the convergence of art/surveillance/espionage that characterizes the post-smartphone world.

Classification

Domains: Surveillance and PrivacyCommunication and Information TechnologyGovernance and Political Systems

Scenario Types: Prediction / ExtrapolationThought experiment / What-if

Outcomes: CautionaryAmbiguous / Mixed

Tags: locative-technologygps-artinformation-warfarepost-9-11

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