Now forgotten, LifeLog was dreamed up by DARPA, an agency inside the Department of Defense. Documents show LifeLog’s goal was to collect data on everywhere a person goes, and everything they see, say and do. Information was going to be aggregated in a timeline — LifeLog would then identify “patterns” to understand your routines and interests. At the same time, DARPA’s Information Awareness Office was working on a program called “Total Information Awareness.” The ACLU called this “the closest thing to a true Big Brother” because it sought to be a virtual dragnet by collecting credit card purchases, browsing history, fingerprints and even DNA.
Because of backlash....Congress cut all funding in late 2003. But in early 2004, something curious happened. LifeLog... was suddenly canceled. Experts at the time suggested the agency was shy after criticism over TIA. A source, though, speculated the project would continue under a less public title.
Could the principals of LifeLog have guided development of the social media industry? And does the law today let agencies request user data for programs similar to Total Information Awareness? We'll explore this in the episode.
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LifeLog proposal, unclassified:
Pentagon cancels LifeLog project:
In-Q-Tel social media surveillance investing:
ALCU report on Geofeedia:
Main PRISM breaking story:
How PRISM could collect US users data:
Zuckerberg’s response to PRISM:
Facebook built an electronic lockbox to handle legal requests for user data:
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