[liberationtech] Sociological studies of covert mass-surveillance organisations

[Greg Norcie]

This isn't exactly what you're looking for, but an alleged anonymous TSA 
screener started a blog. I think that some of the details, such as the 
fact that they allegedly have acronyms for bogus bag checks designed to 
inconvenience passengers who are "difficult" speaks volumes.


http://boingboing.net/2012/12/21/anonymous-tsa-insider-blog.html

- Greg

On 8/31/13 2:14 AM, Luis Felipe R. Murillo wrote:
> On 08/30/2013 01:54 PM, Yosem Companys wrote:
>> From: Caspar Bowden <lists at casparbowden.net>
>>
>>   I realize this is an improbable request (I think), but is anyone aware of
>> any Surveillance Studies research on the organisations conducting *
>> covert/secret* mass-surveillance (a "securitocracy")
>>
>> many thanks any pointers
>
>
> I am not particularly familiar with this literature, but I know of a few
> pointers.
>
> This seminar in Brazil brought together researchers studying
> surveillance and social control. They had three panels of interest
> ('Internet and Surveillance', 'New Technologies of Surveillance', and
> 'Institutional Surveillance'):
>
> http://www2.pucpr.br/ssscla/
>
> These two references are central in the debate (so Caspar must be super
> familiar with them):
>
> - Foucault, Michel. "Discipline and Punish" (redefining the debate on
> the nature of power and the nature of state power):
>
> http://www.foucault.info/documents/disciplineandpunish/foucault.disciplineandpunish.panopticism.html
>
> - Deleuze, Gilles. "Society of Control" (updating Foucault's treatment
> of surveillance to the contemporary 'society of control'):
>
> http://www.nadir.org/nadir/archiv/netzkritik/societyofcontrol.html
>
> best!
> luisfelipe.
>