Contempory contextual studies

Today we looked at a theory called 'Six degrees of separation', six degrees of separation is the theory that anyone on Earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances with no more than five intermediaries.

The theory was first proposed in 1929 by the Hungarian writer Karinthy Frigyes in a short story called Chains. The concept is based on the idea that the number of acquaintances grows exponentially with the number of links in the chain, and so only a small number of links is required for the set of acquaintances to become the whole human population.

The same term is often used to describe any other setting in which some form of link exists between individual entities in a large set. For example links in a dictionary entry may point the reader to other entries in the same dictionary; after following only six such links, the reader could potentially get to any word in the dictionary that has a link to it. In this special case of a dictionary, it is sometimes called the six links rule.

WE NO LONGAR WALK ALONE

Local councils are using CCTV to put entire residential neighbourhoods under surveillance, with the footage collected as evidence to prosecute and evict 'anti social elements'. In Hull, private detectives were hired by the local council to install covert cameras inside the home of a suspected drug dealer on the Bransholme Estate. The edited highlights were eventually shown in court and the person evicted. In Newcastle's West End estate there are 15 'vandalproof' spy cameras monitored by a single 'dedicated' police operation room. And in Wolverhampton, education budgets for books have instead been splashed out on a flash 16-strong camera network to watch out for evil crack dealers in the playground.



While the UK is fast moving towards the 'Maximum Surveillance Society' the technology remains vulnerable to human error. Tapes are accidentally erased, networks fail and shit happens. Under the 1998 UK Data Protection everyone has a right to access data and digital images that is held on them - be it bank records or CCTV footage for the cost of a tenner. So if you think you'Ve been recorded on CCTV by some pervy policeman without your permission then it might be worth looking into.
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its worth looking into these websites and books for future reference i glanced over the ebooks, but if your a dedicated DFIM'er then you could get a book out and read with your mum in bed, anyways heres the sites and books that prove useful on this topic.

See sophisticated database of facial images being set up in Britain
"The Maximum Surveillance Society' - Norris & Armstrong, Berg Publishers, 1999.
UK Data Protection Registrar, Wycfiffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire,SK9 5AF. Web site www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/l9980029.htm
Privacy International P0 Box 3157, Brighton, BN2 2SS. Web site www.pnvacy.org


Radio Frequency Attacks

Size and Range
We also looked into using RF transmitters to disrupt other frequenceys and use them as our own.As in electronic eavesdropping, recent technology has been utilized to build miniaturized RF transmitters the size of a pencil eraser. These devices will transmit radio signals anywhere from 100 feet to five miles and with the use of repeaters, reception range is even further. The availability of these small devices is rather astonishing with several manufacturers offering pre-concealed transmitters already packaged into such objects as smoke detectors, picture frames, clocks and ashtrays.

so think before you say something!!!!!

One of the smaller commercially manufactured transmitters is the size of an aspirin tablet, including microphone and battery, with a transmitting range of 1,000 feet. Several radio transmitters are available in prepackaged electrical lamps, power receptacles and clocks. These types have the advantage of a continuous power source, supplied directly to the transmitter, which permits a permanent installation.