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Scheming for a video’d and escrowed future…

When on, it would light a red LED, so anyone present would know they are being recorded. The recording would not be stored locally, but would rather be immediately transmitted via a 2.5G or 3G cellular telephony network to a server. This transmission would be encrypted at the source, and incorporate a space-time stamp (e.g., GPS, or time of flight from three cellular towers). Once in the server, it would be possible for the creator of the video clip to cause it to be served up – but NOT to be edited or replaced – the server would be an escrow server.

There is no viewfinder in Fair Witness. There is no local playback. The lens is wide angle. The video created by fair Witness is not highly produced – it might not be very pleasant to watch, but it would be veridical. And it would be non-alterable, with a provable chain of evidence.

So what kinds of social uses could such a video device and escrow service be put to?

Content, Devices 3G, escrow, evidence, mobileTech, social media, witness

Portland’s cops used the trash of one of their officers to make a case against her. These days, that’s ok in most states. It didn’t sit well with a few investigative journalists at Willamette Week. This story isn’t all that new, but it is revealing what you can learn from someone’s trash. Now this kind of stuff is part of a personal identity!

Identity, Life control, evidence, Identity, trash