Journal Papers (including editorials)

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Towards a State of Uberveillance (with K. Michael), IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2010)

Überveillance is an emerging concept, and neither its application nor its power have yet fully...

 

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Uberveillance: Microchipping People and the Assault on Privacy (with K. Michael), Quadrant (2009)

Uberveillance is above and beyond, an exaggerated, and omnipresent 24/7 electronic surveillance. It is a...

 

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A Research Note on Ethics in the Emerging Age of Uberveillance (Überveillance) (with S. J. Fusco and K. Michael), Computer Communications (2008)

Advanced location-based services (A-LBS) for humancentric tracking and monitoring are now emerging as operators and...

 

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Historical lessons on ID technology and the consequences of an unchecked trajectory (with K. Michael), Prometheus (2006)

This paper traces the use of identification techniques throughout the ages and focuses on the...

 

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National Security: The Social Implications of the Politics of Transparency (with K. Michael), Prometheus (2006)

This special issue of Prometheus is dedicated to the theme of the Social Implications of...

 

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Microchipping people: the rise of the electrophorus (with K. Michael), Quadrant (2005)

Automatic identification (auto-ID) is the process of identifying a living or nonliving thing without direct...

 

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666 or 616 (Rev. 13,18), Bulletin of Biblical Studies (2000)
 

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"For it is the Number of a Man", Bulletin of Biblical Studies (2000)
 

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The Genre of the Apocalypse: What are they saying now?, Bulletin of Biblical Studies (1999)
 

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Observations on 666 in the Old Testament, Bulletin of Biblical Studies (1999)
 

Books (including edited volumes)

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Australia and the New Technologies: Towards Evidence Based Policy in Public Administration (with K. Michael), Dr. Katina Michael (2008)

This workshop addresses the application of evidence based policy in public administration. It specifically focuses...

 

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Innovative Automatic Identification and Location-Based Services: From Bar Codes to Chip Implants (with K. Michael), Dr. Katina Michael (2008)
 

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From Dataveillance to Überveillance (Uberveillance) and the Realpolitik of the Transparent Society (with K. Michael), Dr. Katina Michael (2007)

The 2007 Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security: from Dataveillance to Überveillance and...

 

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The Social Implications of Information Security Measures on Citizens and Business (with K. Michael), Dr. Katina Michael (2006)

The 2006 Workshop on the Social Implications of Information Security Measures on Citizens and Business...

 

Book Chapters (including conference proceedings)

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Exploring the Social Implications of Location Based Social Networking: An inquiry into the perceived positive and negative impacts of using LBSN between friends (with Sarah Jean Fusco and K. Michael), 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Business (2010)

Location based social networking (LBSN) applications are part of a new suite of emerging social...

 

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Demystifying the Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation: Examples of Ancient Cryptology and the Interpretation of the 666 Conundrum, IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (2010)

As the year 2000 came and went, with the suitably forecasted fuse-box of utopian and...

 

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Social-Technical Issues Facing the Humancentric RFID Implantee Sub-culture through the Eyes of Amal Graafstra (with Amal Graafstra and K. Michael), IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (2010)

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and transponders have traditionally been used to identify domesticated animals so...

 

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The Diffusion of RFID Implants for Access Control and ePayments: Case Study on Baja Beach Club in Barcelona (with K. Michael), IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS10) (2010)

RFID implants for humans have been used in a variety of contexts since their commercial...

 

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Using a Social Informatics Framework to Study the Effects of Location-Based Social Networking on Relationships between People: A Review of Literature (with Sarah Jean Fusco and K. Michael), IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS10) (2010)

This paper is predominantly a review of literature on the emerging mobile application area known...

 

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The Current State of Commercial Location-based Service Offerings in Australia (with Roba Abbas, K. Michael, and Anas Aloudat), The Eighth International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2009) (2009)

Location-based services (LBS) provide geographic data for a variety of purposes, and through numerous devices...

 

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Location and Interactive Services Not Only At Your Fingertips but Under Your Skin (with Rodney Ip and K. Michael), 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS ‘09) (2009)

This paper explores the work of Professor Kevin Warwick, a researcher in the Department of...

 

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The Legal Ramifications of Microchipping People in the United States of America- a State Legislative Comparison (with Angelo Friggieri and K. Michael), 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS ‘09) (2009)

The ability to microchip people for unique positive identification, and for tracking and monitoring applications...

 

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Schengen Information System II: The balance between civil liberties, security and justice (with K. Michael), Australia and the New Technologies: Evidence Based Policy in Public Administration (2008)

This paper investigates the application of the Schengen Information System (SIS) in the European Union...

 

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The Social Implications of Humancentric Chip Implants: A Scenario - ‘Thy Chipdom Come, Thy Will be Done’ (with R. Ip and K. Michael), CollECTeR Iberoamérica (2008)

Radio frequency identification (RFID) chip implants for humans are no longer the tales of science...

 

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Amal Graafstra- The Do-It-Yourselfer RFID Implantee: The culture, values and ethics of hobbyist implantees (with R. Ip and K. Michael), Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication (2008)

This paper provides insights into the culture, values and ethics of do-it-yourself microchip implantees. Microchip...

 

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Microchip Implants for Humans as Unique Identifiers: a Case Study on VeriChip (with K. Michael and R. Ip), Ethics, Technology and Identity Conference (2008)

Microchip implants for humans are not new. The installation of pacemakers in humans and a...

 

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Privacy, Value and Control Issues in Four Mobile Business Applications (with B. D. Renegar and K. Michael), 7th International Conference on Mobile Business (2008)

This paper presents four case studies that explore the adoption and acceptance of mobile technologies...

 

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Homo Electricus and the Continued Speciation of Humans (with K. Michael), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)

The Electrophorus belongs to the new species of Homo Electricus. In its current state the...

 

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The proliferation of identification techniques for citizens throughout the ages (with K. Michael), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)

Manual identification techniques date back to ancient times, however the need to identify individuals has...

 

Media (including articles about the author's research)

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Govt launches security research network (with Darren Pauli and K. Michael), ZDNet (2010)

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has sponsored a new online directory of...

 

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Uberveillance cements its position as an official dictionary word (with K. Michael), UOW News and Media: Latest News (2010)

The word, ‘uberveillance’, coined by UOW researchers, is now gaining international acceptance and has been...

 

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With Words That Last (with Sean Nicholls, Leesha McKenny, and K. Michael), Sydney Morning Herald (2009)
 

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Controlling Technology (with K. Michael), Illawarra Mercury (2009)
 

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One Million Downloads for UOW’s Research Online (with Kate McIlwain, Michael Organ, and K. Michael), University of Wollongong Latest News (2009)
 

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Uberveillance Exhibition and Book Launch (with Bernie Goldie and K. Michael), University of Wollongong Latest News (2009)
 

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Conference examines wearable computing technologies in education (with Bernie Goldie and K. Michael), UOW News and Media: Latest News (2009)
 

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Book Throws Light on New Technologies (with Emma Shaw and K. Michael), Illawarra Mercury (2009)
 

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Couple explores brave new world (with Warren Jones and K. Michael), Northern Leader (2009)
 

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The Trajectory of Chip Implants for Humancentric Applications (with Steve Parsons and K. Michael), ABC Illawarra: Morning Show 97.3 FM (2009)
 

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Rapid pace of technological change goes beyond George Orwell predictions (with Bernie Goldie and K. Michael), Latest News (2009)
 

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Predicting the socioethical implications of implanting people with microchips (with K. Michael), PerAda Magazine (2009)

Privacy, security, trust, control and human rights are all concerns that need to be addressed...

 

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Big Brother an inside job (with Emma Shaw), Illawarra Mercury (2009)

Big Brother could soon be tracking our every thought and movement, according to a University...

 

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Uberveillance (with New York Times), New York Times (2009)

Total and inescapable internal, personal surveillance.

 

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Humans 'will be implanted with microchips' (with Josepine Asher and K. Michael), ninemsn (2009)

"Uberveillance is not on the outside looking down, but on the inside looking out through...

 

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Vote 1 uberveillance: UOW term in running for 2008 Word of the Year (with Kate McIlwain and K. Michael), UOW Latest News (2009)

uberveillance (say 'oohbuhvayluhns) noun. an omnipresent electronic surveillance facilitated by technology that makes it possible...

 

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'The Privacy Song' (this comedic song was written by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie - an Alberta/Canada Band and features the uberveillance definition in their multimedia clip) (with Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie and K. Michael), Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie (2008)
 

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Charting unknown cyber-seas and the dangers for privacy (with Bernie Goldie), Latest News (2007)

An academic in the University of Wollongong’s Faculty of Informatics has been invited to make...

 

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Welcome to the rise of homo electricus (with K. Michael), University of Wollongong: Latest News (2007)
 

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"The Rise of Homo Electricus" by Dr Katina Michael and Dr M.G. Michael (with K. Michael), Uni In The Brewery: Session 2 (2007)
 

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The social implications of national security (with Bernie Goldie and Katina Michael), Latest News (2006)
 

Seminar and Conference Presentation Material

Implementing Namebers Using Implantable Technologies: The Future Prospects of Person ID (with K. Michael), 'This Pervasive Day' Workshop, Imperial College London (2010)

The use of electronic-based physical access cards to secure premises such as government buildings and...

 

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The Use of Mobile Social Networking in Illicit Networks: the medium is the message (with K. Michael, Sarah Jane Fusco, and Roba Abbas), Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, University of Wollongong (2009)
 
The Dilemmas of using Wearable Computing to Monitor People: An Extended Metaphor on the Tracking of Prison Inmates and Parolees (with K. Michael and Roba Abbas), Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference: Crime and Justice Challenges in the 21st Century: Victims, Offenders and Communities (2009)

Wearable computing technology is increasingly being used to monitor people anywhere and anytime. Today, automated...

 
A Brief Introduction into the Use of Content Analysis in Qualitative Research (with K. Michael), Marketing Research Innovation Centre Retreat- University of Wollongong (2009)

The use of qualitative research in information systems and technology research is presently not well...

 

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Demonstrating the Potential for Covert Policing in the Community: Five Stakeholder Scenarios (with Roba Abbas and K. Michael), The Social Implications of Covert Policing (2009)

This paper presents the very real possibility that commercial mobile tracking and monitoring solutions will...

 

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Überveillance: 24/7 x 365 People Tracking & Monitoring (with K. Michael), "You are where you’ve been: Technological threats to your location privacy". A one day free seminar hosted by the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems and proudly supported by Omnilink Pty Ltd. (2008)
 

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A Note on Überveillance / A Note on Uberveillance (with K. Michael), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2007)

The following note from the editors presents a summary of the term überveillance, as it...

 

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Consumer Awareness in Australia on the Prospect of Humancentric RFID Implants for Personalized Applications (with Kirsty Johnston and K. Michael), Special Session of the Sixth IEEE International Conference on Mobile Business (2007)

Till now, the prospect of commercial RFID implants for humancentric applications have for the greater...

 

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The Rise of Homo Electricus (with K. Michael), Australian Innovation Festival (2007)
 

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Location-Based Services and the Privacy-Security Dichotomy (with K. Michael and L. Perusco), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)

Location-based services (LBS) rely on knowledge of a user’s location to provide tailored services or...

 

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Location-Based Intelligence – Modeling Behavior in Humans using GPS (with K. Michael, A. McNamee, and H. Tootell), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)

This paper introduces the notion of location-based intelligence by tracking the spatial properties and behavior...

 

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The Emerging Ethics of Humancentric GPS Tracking and Monitoring (with K. Michael and A. McNamee), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is increasingly being adopted by private and public enterprise to...

 

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The Hybridization of Automatic Identification Techniques in Mass Market Applications: Towards a Model of Coexistence (with K. Michael, H. Tootell, and V. Baker), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)

The number and type of automatic identification technologies in the market have grown since the...

 

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Towards Chipification: The Multifunctional Body Art of the Net Generation (with K. Michael), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2006)

This paper considers the trajectory of the microchip within the context of converging disciplines to...

 

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The Social, Cultural, Religious and Ethical Implications of Automatic Identification (with K. Michael), Faculty of Informatics - Papers (2004)

The number of automatic identification (auto-ID) technologies being utilized in eBusiness applications is growing rapidly....

 

Miscellaneous

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M.G. Michael and K. Michael (2009). "Uberveillance: Definition" in ed. S. Butler, Fifth Edition of the Macquarie Dictionary (Australia's National Dictionary, Sydney University), p. 1094 (with Susan Butler and K. Michael), Katina Michael (2009)