Drones, Resistance and Countersurveillance

摘要: The chapter takes as its starting point the insight that contemporary surveillance is dynamic and not hierarchically structured (supervisory) power also generates resistance to (same) power. increasing of “new surveillance” therefore only increases capacity authorities (watchers) monitor watched majority but carries an emancipatory potential. It focuses on arising from bottom up—from surveilled individual corporate state agencies. Firstly, it shows how drones are being resisted. sheds light forms denial, subversion distortion drone systems. objects empowered agents active entities. They reflect practices attempt escape avoid them, thus drawing public attention such illegitimate, discriminatory or otherwise unfair. then “other side” surveillance: co-option for empowering ends. Drones used reverse gaze those in directed against order execute lateral surveillance. After offering several examples use situating continuum control care, limitations by means fails address underlying logic feeds “datasaur”—the tendency submit everything digitization—and intensifies