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iAPLS: Should Police Be Allowed to Use Augmented Reality Against Us?

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p styletextalign justifyimg classalignleft sizefull wpimage24852 titleaugmented reality srchttpblog.dialaphone.co.ukwpcontentuploads201102augmentedreality.jpg alt width300 height225 Augmented reality apps are bringing entirely new options to how we live our every day lives. They fill our real lives with fun and education by layering images and information over what is actually physically present around us, and if a new augmented reality iPhone app called iAPLS takes off, these apps could start providing us with increased safety and surveillance. However, there are always pros and cons to using the technology in this way and this new app raises some red flags.pp styletextalign justifyspan stylecolor ffffff.spanpp styletextalign justifystrongWhat is iAPLSstrongpp styletextalign justifyAn Austrian surveillance systems company called Frequentis has designed iAPLS to enhance security options in crowded places. The idea is that augmented reality data could be fed into smartphones held by police to make it easier to monitor crowds. Specifically this app has been designed for use on the iPhone.pp styletextalign justifystrongHow iAPLS Worksstrongpp styletextalign justifyThe app works by feeding augmented reality data into a system and uses that data to actually layer risk assessment information over a real live place to improve security. For example, let8217s say that a suspected terrorist was located in a large crowd of people in a subway. Augmented reality data about that suspect could be fed into a smartphone carried by police in the area. The police could then train their smartphones on the crowd. The information about the terrorist suspect would be layered over what the phone8217s camera was seeing so that the police would be more likely to spot the suspect in the crowded subway. They could also 8220tag8221 the suspect so that other law enforcement in the area could use the same app to see where they are located. Theoretically this would give security forces a greater ability to deal with emergency situations in crowded areas or places with difficult sight lines.pp styletextalign justifyThere are other potential applications for this technology. For example, police working together in a location could use this augmented reality app to easily locate one another in a crowd. This is especially useful in situations where some or all of the officers are operating undercover making it difficult to be located as a result. The amount of data that could be fed into such an app is nearly endless so the applications for this technology could easily be expanded.pp styletextalign justifystrongRisks of Enhanced Surveillance using Augmented Realitystrongpp styletextalign justifyAny time that new technology is introduced into society, there are going to be pros and cons. This is particularly tricky when dealing with issues of surveillance. On the one hand, we want to feel safer and if augmented reality apps can aid security forces in protecting us then we may consider that a benefit to society. However, there is a limit to how much surveillance we want trained on us when we8217re out and about and this new technology provides yet another means for authorities to monitor what we8217re doing. The amount of information that could be displayed about us using augmented reality apps is rather frightening so the pros and cons of this technology certainly have to be weighed against each other.pp styletextalign justifyAdditionally, there is always the risk that the 8220bad guys8221 will use this same technology against the general public. It is very common for terrorists and other criminals to take technology intended to be used against them and to turn it around to use it against authorities instead. This would definitely be a potential risk of an augmented reality app like iAPLS.pp styletextalign justifyWhat do you think 8211 should augmented reality apps be developed for security and police forcesppemTake a look at ten other augmented reality apps.empa targetblank relnofollow hrefhttpblog.dialaphone.co.uk20110227iaplsshouldpolicebeallowedtouseaugmentedrealityagainstusMobile Phone Bloga

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