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Graph of the research How people cooperated with us
Yes , reading + writing Only reading Only writing No Doesn ‘ t speak english Different planet
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Self Chosen — Mass Surveillance
The visualisation of our walk with Google-Maps is at the same time a visualisation of the mass surveillance every person with a smart phone undergoes . A self surveillance which is used as a service . The user agrees with having his walk observed in return for the usage of the navigation service .
The user ’ s paths are saved by Google-Maps in a “ walk-history ”, which even saves the duration of stops at certain points of the walk . It could even be used as a kind of diary - this is where it starts being interesting .
What is the difference between a hand written biography and one written by a computer ?
To whom belong the rights of this biography ?