Title :
Überveillance, the web of things, and people: What is the culmination of all this surveillance?
Author :
Michael, M.G. ; Michael, Katina ; Perakslis, Christine
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Historically, telecommunications companies have measured voice and data traffic for reasons related to service dimensioning and engineering management. Today, personalized devices make it possible to understand not only the requirements for the capacity needed in a network but also household and individual usage patterns. This has changed the way that companies now market their products and services and sell directly to individuals. Beyond marketing is the intimate knowledge gathered of why people do things, inferred by ?pattern-of-life data and metadata. This is the precise knowledge of customer behaviors, traits, habits, and characteristics.
Keywords :
Internet of Things; meta data; surveillance; Web of Things; customer behaviors; customer characteristics; customer habits; data traffic; engineering management; metadata; pattern-of-life data; personalized devices; service dimensioning; telecommunications companies; uberveillance; voice traffic; Big data; Biomedical monitoring; Consumer products; Sensors; Surveillance;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCE.2015.2393007
