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* [[Transparency]] is one of the key ideas of [[modernism]]. | * [[Transparency]] is one of the key ideas of [[modernism]]. | ||
* [[CITOKATE]] (Criticism Is The Only Known Antidote To Error) is an acronymic expression of the basic idea of [[transparency]] | * [[CITOKATE]] (Criticism Is The Only Known Antidote To Error) is an acronymic expression of the basic idea of [[transparency]] | ||
| + | * [[Security]] techniques can be more [[transparency|transparent]] and hence less of a threat to civil liberty if they are bi-directional, i.e. when the targets of surveillance are permitted access to the same surveillance tools and records. | ||
| + | ** The "looking back" (or "watching the watchers") part of this concept is called [[sousveillance]]. | ||
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==Related Concepts== | ==Related Concepts== | ||
* The software development maxim "many eyeballs make all bugs shallow" ([[wikipedia:Linus's law|Linus's law]]) is essentially applying [[transparency]] to the field of software development. | * The software development maxim "many eyeballs make all bugs shallow" ([[wikipedia:Linus's law|Linus's law]]) is essentially applying [[transparency]] to the field of software development. | ||
Revision as of 21:27, 22 August 2007
Overview
Transparency refers to the idea that social and political processes should be both visible and accountable, in order to minimize error. It is one of the mechanisms whereby public error correction can take place.
Related Articles
- Transparency is a policy which allows and encourages public error correction
- Transparency is one of the key ideas of modernism.
- CITOKATE (Criticism Is The Only Known Antidote To Error) is an acronymic expression of the basic idea of transparency
- Security techniques can be more transparent and hence less of a threat to civil liberty if they are bi-directional, i.e. when the targets of surveillance are permitted access to the same surveillance tools and records.
- The "looking back" (or "watching the watchers") part of this concept is called sousveillance.
Related Concepts
- The software development maxim "many eyeballs make all bugs shallow" (Linus's law) is essentially applying transparency to the field of software development.
- The Open Business Model is an application of transparency to the business world.
Links
Reference
Projects
- FreeNet: free anonymized distributed network within the internet; requires app installation (runs on Java)
- WikiLeaks (under construction): a site for principled document leaking and analysis. "We have received over 1.1 million documents so far." (as of 2007-01-11)
- discussion: slashdot (there appears to be some genuine concern that the site is mostly a scam to attract investment capital)
- Witness: "international human rights organization that provides training and support to local groups to use video in their human rights advocacy campaigns."
Essays
- A Parable about Openness by David Brin
News
- 2007-01-07 Cell phone videos transforming TV news
- 2006-11-12 What's so unusual about this?: public school science teacher in Kearny, NJ, is caught on tape "teaching" fundamentalism in science class
- The voice of David Paszkiewicz: the recording, with partial transcripts and much discussion
- 2007-02-01 Student’s Recording of Teacher’s Views Leads to a Ban on Taping: rather than encouraging this obviously effective quality-control technique, the school board bans taping without the teacher's permission (also making it more difficult to take accurate class notes) and requires all teachers to undergo training on the separation of church and state. These moves seem finely calculated to get everyone ticked off at the student and deflect attention away from the teacher.