Hi Nathan,<div><br></div><div>Thanks to you and Bryan for excellent work pulling out some of our implicit assumptions. See below for some suggested modifications/expansion on these goals.</div><div><br></div><div>One question that arises here - and I think its come up before in where the 'consent' function of the InformaCam sits - is how much to emphasize or include that.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Based on timelines for Obscura video and Informa we need to build out specific test sites/timings for both (see bolded). I'll look at what we committed to in the Google proposal but we should do a specific focused planning on this in the New Year with some key people on the WITNESS team (and it will also involve allies' usage).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sam</div>
<div><br></div><div>******************</div><div><b><u>ObscuraCam</u></b><br><br><b>A. Global Users: Visual privacy</b><br>- GOAL: To provide a simple utility for any user to protect faces, locations and remove sensitive metadata (location, camera type) stored in a photo or video before it is uploaded to a social network or otherwise shared<br>
- MILESTONE: Currently at ~25,000 downloads, and 7,000 active users; targeting ~50,000 and 20,000 active users by SXSW (March 2012)... beyond that, 100,000 by EOY 2012.<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>B. Tech Company/Issue Advocacy</b><br>
- GOAL: To raise awareness about visual privacy and visual anonymity in the age of easy to<br>use face detection and recognition software, evolving privacy norms, and increasing use of video as primary tool for free expression<br>
- MILESTONE: Successfully lobby a smartphone or camera manufacturer to add our privacy features into their capture software and hardware; and/or a social network or video-sharing site to incorporate at upload stage.<br>- SECONDARY MILESTONE: Build mainstream attention to facial recognition/visual privacy and anonymity via blog/media coverage/public debate about the app and related concepts ('visual privacy', 'visual anonymity', 'auto blur the face')<br>
<br><b>C. Activist/Human Rights/NGO/Journalist: Safety and Security Tool</b><br>- GOAL: To provide a reliable media capture tool for documenting injustices/crimes while simultaneously protecting people who are seen on video accidentally or deliberately, or who speak out on camera<br>
- MILESTONE: Train activists/NGOs working in specific regions to use the app in order to reduce time/complexity from their current workflow. <b><i> Need to do further detailing on specific regions and test areas, based on timeline for launch of video app.</i></b><br>
<br><b><u>InformaCam (Photo for now)</u></b><br><br><b>A. Legal Advocacy (with help of partners such as International Bar Association)</b><br>- GOAL: To define the standards, process, tools, that establish smartphone media content as a stronger form of evidence in national and international human rights documentation, investigations and prosecutions. Test-case scenarios involving aggregation of multiple smartphone sources.<br>
- MILESTONE: Partner with legal firm/NGO, define both communications workflow and legal workflow, and how they interoperate; determine what standards must be met. Test-case usages with particular partners - e.g. IBA. Engage with ICC and others on acceptable evidentiary standards.</div>
<div><br><b>B. Activist/Human Rights/NGO</b><br>- GOAL: Become the "Martus" of visual media; a secured, safe way to record, store and transmit media, along with verifiable metadata on content, intent, location, other devices and more to designated repositories<br>
- MILESTONE: Secure 2-3 back-end repositories for footage linked to potential use scenarios (e.g. international war crimes prosecution). <i><b>Train X number of NGOs and citizen activists to use it and deploy relevant devices (see above)</b>;</i> Have the software used successfully to gather visual media evidence that prompts investigations/is accepted as evidence</div>
<div><br></div><div><i>(Note from Sam on this: not sure we want to use the 'martus' of visual media phrase - think we're looking for a little more of a swiss army knife that can be adapted?)</i></div><div><br>
</div><div><b>C. News-Gathering Users</b></div><div>- GOAL: Relate tools developed for evidentiary usage to dilemmas encountered in sourcing and verification of news content.</div><div>- MILESTONE: Share tools with others working in news-gathering field to establish a broader base of usage and support outside of human rights evidentiary community</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,<br>Sam</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Nathan of Guardian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nathan@guardianproject.info" target="_blank">nathan@guardianproject.info</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Yvette posed an always excellent questions/challenge at our scrum on<br>
Thursday, which was, in short "What are your goals?". I believe she<br>
meant that both at the level of vision and impact, and quantification of<br>
milestones. Bryan, Harlo and I had a good discussion on this, and I<br>
would like to summarize here for feedback.<br>
<br>
For now, I am presenting the ObscuraCam goals as separate from<br>
InformaCam, as I think they really are quite different.<br>
<br>
<br>
ObscuraCam<br>
<br>
A. Global Users<br>
- GOAL: to provide a simple utility for any user to protect faces,<br>
locations and removing sensitive metadata (location, camera type) stored<br>
in a photo or video before it is uploaded to a social network<br>
- MILESTONE: currently at ~25,000 downloads, and 7,000 active users;<br>
targeting ~50,000 and 20,000 active users by SXSW (March?)... beyond<br>
that, 100,000 by EOY 2012<br>
<br>
B. Campaign<br>
- GOAL: to raise awareness about visual privacy in the age of easy to<br>
use face detection and recognition software<br>
- MILESTONE: successfully lobby a smartphone or camera manufacturer to<br>
add our privacy features into their software and hardware<br>
- SECONDARY MILESTONE: get blog, media coverage about the app, the<br>
concept and get people talking about the "auto blur the face" stuff<br>
<br>
C. Activist/Human Rights/NGO/Journalist<br>
- GOAL: to provide a reliable media capture tool for use in sensitive<br>
situations for documenting injustices/crimes while protecting people in<br>
the scene<br>
- MILESTONE: train activists/NGOs working in specific regions to use the<br>
app in order to reduce time/complexity from their current workflow... to<br>
see more footage and pics with obscured subjects in them, as appropriate.<br>
<br>
InformaCam (Photo for now)<br>
<br>
A. Legal (with help of partners)<br>
- GOAL: to define the standards, process, tools, that establish<br>
smartphone media content as a valid form of evidence in human rights<br>
litigation<br>
- MILESTONE: partner with legal firm/NGO, define both communications<br>
workflow and legal workflow, and how they interoperate; determine what<br>
standards must be met<br>
<br>
B. Activist/Human Rights/NGO/Journalist<br>
- GOAL: become the "Martus" of visual media; a secured, safe way to<br>
record, store and transmit media, along with verifiable metadata on<br>
content, intent, location, and more<br>
- MILESTONE: have the software used successful to advocate for a cause<br>
based on reliability of visual media evidence; train X amount of NGOs to<br>
use it, and deploy devices<br>
<br>
<br>
Please add and update, and then we can move this to the wiki!<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
<font color="#888888"> Nathan<br>
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