I. Intro:
a. Talk about digital surveillance
i. Example of Target knowing about pregnancies
ii. Talk about panopticon as a metaphor
1. Example of this would be Douwe Egbert’s coffee machine
iii. Surveillance technologies at University of Maryland (INTERVIEW CLIP 1)
b. Transition: 327,000 people went missing last year worldwide –BBC Published Report (SUBHEAD)
II. Body:
a. How people disappear
i. They are victims of unsolved or unknown crimes.
1. People reported missing on the back of milk cartons
ii. They may have suffered accidents
1. Oklahoma bombing unknown victim case
iii. They may have taken their own life and haven’t been found
1. Story of girl who died at her home and was eaten by her cats
2. Story of woman who died and was found 3 years later in her apartment
iv. Attempted to escape their old life to start a new one
1. (VIDEO CLIP 2)
v. Some may have been born missing
50 million children are born missing without hopes of being found since they aren’t known to be lost in the first place –outpostforhope.org (SUBHEAD)
b. How authorities attempt to find them. (INTERVIEW CLIP 3)
i. Conclude that people can disappear physically but their digital fingerprint can’t
c. Although digital fingerprints are permanent, they may be misleading (SUBHEAD)
i. Incident of girls in car crashed, doctors miss identifying them with each other
ii. Story of twins separated at birth in the Canary Islands
III. Conclusion: Although physically disappearing is possible, disappearing digitally is something that isn’t known to be possible. Theories like the ones presented by Frank Ahearn, only make it harder to track someone, but not impossible.
Patrick clearly has a very thorough knowledge of his topic and has plans to go into great detail explaining digital surveillance and the idea of disappearing physically versus digitally. I am not fully aware of the possibilities in regards to disappearing to the national government, and find his argument very interesting and relevant. I also like how he is including pertinent information that affects the livelihoods of all Americans. I do not think most people are completely aware of the debate surrounding digital surveillance and how it directly affects their rights as a citizen. I think to add to his argument, Patrick could go more in depth about the debate surrounding citizens' rights to privacy and security. Instead of just describing what digital surveillance is, he could additionally include how these government decisions directly affect every individuals' lives and the varying opinions about this. Otherwise, Patrick's outline seems to include details above and beyond to be an effective blog post.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/10/surveillance-global-view-debate
Patrick did a great job on doing research for his topic. The introduction includes background information on digital surveillance, which provides the reader with a good starting point on where the post is going. He also did a good job with stating the good and bad about digital surveillance. Patrick could have also talked about how digital surveillance will affect individual privacy and lead to more misinterpretations. Overall, Patrick's outline was concise and very well organized. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2066340/privacy-groups-urge-un-to-adopt-digital-surveillance-resolution.html
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