World in total surveillance networks

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World in total surveillance networks
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By posting their personal photos with comments on the Internet, most users do not think that they voluntarily put themselves under the control of many interested individuals and organizations. A number of companies specializing in software develop software to track people's activities using this data.

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Apparently, in order not to provoke unnecessary discussions, such developments are usually carried out in secret. The other day, journalists of the British newspaper The Guardian talked about the latest computer program RIOT (Rapid Information Overlay Technology), created by the American defense company Raytheon. By processing and comparing the arrays of information collected on such popular sites as Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and the like, the software is able to reconstruct almost in its entirety the everyday life of the "object" of observation. One or many.

- Big Brother climbed the "clouds"

An observer will not only receive a detailed structural diagram of an individual’s relationship with his online friends and even colleagues outside his social networks, acquaintances, close and distant relatives. In the literal sense, the picture will show a map of the main movements of the “object” with a detailed indication of routes and stops. Based on the analysis of information from social networks, the RIOT program makes up almost a moral and psychological portrait of a person, including his habits, weaknesses, and even potential motives for certain actions.

Apparently, the surveillance technologies described above were developed by Raytheon before 2010, in which American government departments and relevant research organizations got access to them. These technologies, in theory, should help meet the growing demands of the US national security system. According to Raytheon representatives, the company still has not sold its know-how to anyone. However, in accordance with US export regulations, the RIOT program belongs to the EAR99 category, which in most cases allows the delivery of the product to customers without prior licensing.

Such developments, of course, cause concern among human rights organizations trying in every possible way to combat illegal interference in the private lives of citizens. According to Ginger McCall of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, social networks by no means always report what information they share and with whom. Users post private information on social networks for their friends, in addition to which it is viewed by government officials, or these data are analyzed by programs similar to RIOT.

In principle, we all have been living under the hood for several years now, because we ourselves voluntarily post a lot of information about ourselves on social networks, blogs and various Internet services, media expert and member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Anton Korobkov-Zemlyansky is sure. In an interview with Voice of Russia, he noted:

“That is, all the data that we often leave in the public domain on the network, it is not difficult to collect it even with the help of today's search engines, not to mention some special software. Therefore, the question here is who might need to follow us. If you do not take into account cybercriminals who have their own illegal interests, these are large advertising companies and brands, multinational corporations, which, knowing the motives of our behavior, some habits, can offer us goods, special targeted advertising. Naturally, such controls are not exclusive to special services, they are developed by private companies around the world, and there is no guarantee that they will not fall into the hands of some intruders. We can talk about terrorists, we can talk about those who want to profit at our expense. ”

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Law enforcement agencies and special services using social networks can quite effectively track and control people, said Roman Romachev, general director of the R-Techno Intelligence Technology Agency. But we are not talking about any kind of total surveillance, he said in an interview with Voice of Russia:

“Globally, nobody needs to follow everyone in a row. Here we can say that those who need it will follow you. Accordingly, if you post certain information about yourself on social networks, then be prepared that this information can be used against you. For example, it is not recommended to post information about your family, photos of your family, information about the places you visit, information about your property, about your vehicles. One way or another, information from social networks is very actively used by everyone who needs it, and therefore this is just one of the tools for analyzing this information. ”

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According to Roman Romachev, the creation of such programs as RIOT is only the next, predicted and expected stage in the overall development of the World Wide Web.

But if you can somehow minimize the tacit surveillance of extraneous software over your personal activities on the Web, then you won’t be able to completely avoid control. Because the Internet has long ceased to be anonymous, we all the time have to present ourselves in one form or another there, whether when making purchases or registering on any service. Indeed, despite all the assurances of security and confidentiality, everything that we leave on the Web is stored somewhere.

However, we are quite rapidly approaching the fact that soon they will follow us everywhere - both in virtual and in real space. Already today, in large cities, video cameras are installed on every corner - at intersections, in shops, hotels, restaurants, offices, canteens, offices and even in toilets. And in the USA, the defense company DARPA is working on a Cognitive Engine project to create a cyber complex capable of recognizing potential criminals in large crowds of people. According to the developers, the system with the help of cameras installed in public places will determine the crowd of criminals or terrorists by their suspicious behavior. The electronic databank will contain patterns - models of normal and suspicious behavior. The task of scientists is to teach the program to distinguish between video images corresponding to one or another model.

It is possible that Spielberg’s anti-utopian film “Special Opinion”, where the police use a breathtaking system that predicts crimes, is gradually becoming a reality. In the story, not even an intention, but simply the thought of a crime is the basis for the arrest or destruction of a potential violator of the law.

However, this may, although close, but still the future. According to experts, so far neither network control nor video surveillance is threatening the average citizens. If they do not have problems with the law and they do not stand out with too much income, then they should not be afraid to get into the field of view of the special services, international fraudsters, criminals and terrorists.

Nikita Sorokin
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