FACT - Freedom Against Censorship Thailand

Thesis Abstract Rev. 1
Emery Martin
February 25, 2008

http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/ecm292_thesis/2008/02/25/thesis-statement-rev-1/
Neighborhood Net Watch: http://www.dhsnnw.org/

The Neighborhood Network Watch (NNW) aims to address the lack of criticality being leveled at these areas, along with raising public awareness about the security issues with public networks, and revealing the malleable nature of information and data. It aims to do this by taking on the role of a government sanctioned community organization that is a hyperreal manifestation composited from current government agencies and potential future agencies. The group will carry out domestic eavesdropping operations on public networks, with the data being collected used to assess the amount of terrorist related or national security related traffic that is being transmitted over these profiled networks, via its proprietary network traffic keyword analysis software. This information will be made public through multiple mediums that include: literatures, maps, reports, presentation performances, public service announcements, and a web presence…The Neighborhood Network Watch will operate as if it were an actual government backed entity along with actually carrying out collections of real data and doing actual analysis on this data to create statistical results. Profiling networks that are in the communities in or around where presentation performances occur will allow a context that an audience can directly relate and engage with. It will be able to illustrate the gravity of the topics that are being presented as well as directly incite dialogue between them and myself as the public face of the NNW. This will also provide a point for education on network security and contemporary issues surrounding networks and the government. As well as a means to demonstrate the ease with which virtually anyone could carry out something similar.