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Statewatch Analysis: The German Security Research Programme: Transferring military technology – securitising civil research

01 February 2011

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Statewatch Analysis: The German Security Research Programme: Transferring military technology – securitising civil research (pdf) by Eric Topfer

"To summarise, funding is provided for large-scale and automated surveillance through networks of cameras and other sensors, biometric access control systems, the operation of robots and drones, bomb-resistant buildings, sophisticated command-and-control centres, networked operations and computerised crowd management... Independent assessment of the broader ethical, societal and political implications of these projects for “swarm vigilance” only takes place at the margins of the programme."

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