{"id":24641,"date":"2014-03-11T10:50:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T15:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=24641"},"modified":"2014-03-11T10:50:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T15:50:27","slug":"surveillance-game-nothing-to-hide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/03\/11\/surveillance-game-nothing-to-hide\/","title":{"rendered":"Surveillance game – Nothing to Hide<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re not worried about the government (or other governments) watching your every move — because you’ve “got nothing to hide” — you might be interested in this game<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The tongue-in-cheek game Nothing to Hide<\/em> was born out of creator Nicky Case’s dedication to privacy rights. Using the game, he intends to chip away at confidence in National Security Agency (NSA) procedures and give advocates something to think about.<\/p>\n

The \u201canti-stealth\u201d framework is an \u201cinversion\u201d of more familiar stealth-based video games. In the Panopticon-inspired environment, players must control behavior to please monitoring powers. Rather than avoid surveillance equipment, players actively work to remain in sight of yellow, triangle cyclops-eyed cameras. If a player walks outside the view of the camera, he or she risks death by summary, trial-free execution \u2014 because clearly he or she is a criminal with something to hide.<\/p>\n

The name Nothing to Hide<\/em> is, of course, taken from a common blas\u00e9 reaction to state surveillance: \u201cWell, I’ve got nothing to hide.\u201d The game confronts this attitude by drawing attention to the unpleasantness of being constantly monitored. Players are thrust into a dystopian environment devoid of privacy. Digital posters with creepy comments like \u201cSmile for the camera\u201d and \u201cThank you for participating in your own surveillance\u201d cover the walls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n