- electronic surveillance: future of data collection
- transit cards monitor traffic, travel activity
- hand readers @ workplaces instead of traditional punch cards
- GPS, CCTV
- tollbooths as security points
- e-toll credits to verify location
- RFID (radio frequency id) @ heart of system
- "virtual borders"
- "why worry if you have nothing to hide"? --> awkward logic?
- surveillance as defense/security ---> but v. what/who?
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- cloud computing: large data centers with enough dynamism to make scalable for users
- functionality depends on size and continuity:
- efficient flow of data
- although not familiar w/ term or unaware of own use, many ppl already involved in it
- ex. Gmail, Flickr
- "cloud" not just physical machines
- also raises policy issues
- diff components
- infrastructure
- computational resources
- storage
- ex. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- platform
- software stack
- ex. Google App Engine
- application
- Web services running on top of cloud computing component
What is...?
- cloud computing offers possible solutions to "Web-scale" challenges in processing data
- commercialization of "utility computing" services and development
- addtl revenues
- consolidation: overall reduced costs
- liberates users from maintaining infrastructure
Who uses...?
- app hosting
- cloud provider w/ maintenance tasks
- batch processing
- large amt of data
- temporary use x existing IT infrastructure, aka cloud bursting
- temporary/seasonal peaks
- user data + apps in cloud cluster
- owned and maintained by provider
- legal issues?
Where is...?
- centralization of info + countless computing resources
- location of data centers a major issue: possibility of portable dc?
- suitable physical space (at least warehouse-sized)
- near high-capacity Internet connections
- lots of affordable electricity/other energy resources
- laws of jurisdiction
- adjudication of cases?
- govt intervention?
- costs
Rules and policies
- users expect reliable, high-speed 24/7 access
- also secure and private connections
- liability + intellectual property + ownership of data
- easy transfer of data
- for corporations: ability to be audited
