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Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 32:283–297, 2007
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ISSN: 0360-5310 print/1744-5019 online
DOI: 10.1080/03605310701397040
N01Jo37Ju64Mr04nP-5al30 1o09f Medicine and Philosophy, Vol. 32, No. 3, April 2007: pp. 1–24 Nano-Technology and Privacy: On Continuous
Surveillance Outside the Panopticon
NJearoneon-T veacnh ndoelno gHyo avnedn Parnivda Pcyieter E. Vermaas JEROEN VAN DEN HOVEN
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
PIETER E. VERMAAS
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
We argue that nano-technology in the form of invisible tags, sensors,
and Radio Frequency Identity Chips (RFIDs) will give rise to privacy
issues that are in two ways different from the traditional privacy
issues of the last decades. One, they will not exclusively revolve
around the idea of centralization of surveillance and concentration
of power, as the ****phor of the Panopticon suggests, but will be
about constant observation at decentralized levels. Two, privacy concerns
may not exclusively be about constraining information flows
but also about designing of materials and nano-artifacts such as
chips and tags. We begin by presenting a framework for structuring
the current debates on privacy, and then present our arguments.
Keywords: RFID, privacy, nano-technology, surveillance,
panopticon
I. INTRODUCTION
Privacy is one of the major moral issues that will be discussed in connection
with the development and applications of nano-technology (Gutierrez,
2004; Mehta, 2003). Privacy has already been an important theme in our
thinking about information technology in the last decades (Van den Hoven,
2005). Nano-technology incorporates and integrates different technologies
including information technology. Invisible Radio Frequency Identification
chips (RFIDs), integrated circuits, tags, nano-dust, minute (bio) sensors,
Address correspondence to Jeroen van den Hoven, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy,
Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands.
E-mail: [email protected].
Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, 32:283–297, 2007
Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN: 0360-5310 print/1744-5019 online
DOI: 10.1080/03605310701397040
N01Jo37Ju64Mr04nP-5al30 1o09f Medicine and Philosophy, Vol. 32, No. 3, April 2007: pp. 1–24 Nano-Technology and Privacy: On Continuous
Surveillance Outside the Panopticon
NJearoneon-T veacnh ndoelno gHyo avnedn Parnivda Pcyieter E. Vermaas JEROEN VAN DEN HOVEN
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
PIETER E. VERMAAS
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
We argue that nano-technology in the form of invisible tags, sensors,
and Radio Frequency Identity Chips (RFIDs) will give rise to privacy
issues that are in two ways different from the traditional privacy
issues of the last decades. One, they will not exclusively revolve
around the idea of centralization of surveillance and concentration
of power, as the ****phor of the Panopticon suggests, but will be
about constant observation at decentralized levels. Two, privacy concerns
may not exclusively be about constraining information flows
but also about designing of materials and nano-artifacts such as
chips and tags. We begin by presenting a framework for structuring
the current debates on privacy, and then present our arguments.
Keywords: RFID, privacy, nano-technology, surveillance,
panopticon
I. INTRODUCTION
Privacy is one of the major moral issues that will be discussed in connection
with the development and applications of nano-technology (Gutierrez,
2004; Mehta, 2003). Privacy has already been an important theme in our
thinking about information technology in the last decades (Van den Hoven,
2005). Nano-technology incorporates and integrates different technologies
including information technology. Invisible Radio Frequency Identification
chips (RFIDs), integrated circuits, tags, nano-dust, minute (bio) sensors,
Address correspondence to Jeroen van den Hoven, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy,
Delft University of Technology, Jaffalaan 5 2628 BX Delft, The Netherlands.
E-mail: [email protected].