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History

Sousveillance is a term first coined by wearable computing pioneer Steve Mann to describe the inverse of surveillance.

Etymology

Sousveillance: Surveillance means:- sur (above) + viller (to watch)

Small portable recording devices have given us the growing phenomenon of Sousveillance: French "sous" (from below)= "sousveillance" = To Watch from Below.[1]

Related Reading

Steve Mann


References

  1. http://wearcam.org/wsd.htm/
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