Definitions
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- noun The use of
geolocation andgeosurveillance tomonitor andcontrol citizens .
Etymologies
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geo- + slavery, coined by Jerome Dobson and Peter Fisher in 2003.
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An even darker view is proposed by two academics who wrote a paper warning of the advent of "geoslavery."
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This new threat, says Dobson — a respected leader in the field of geographic information technologies — is “geoslavery.”
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » GPS spawns fears of “Geoslavery” 2003
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