Re:FBI director: Cover up your webcam
by xapata on Thursday September 15, 2016 @10:26AM
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> Ubiquitus video/audio recording and real time processing. ... So what are we left with in terms of privacy?
A new sense of what privacy is. It is increasingly rare that someone should have a sense of privacy or anonymity while in a public place.
It's reasonable to worry about government abuse of power from monopoly access to the full aggregation of surveillance data (even if that data was not originally intended as surveillance). Many people advocate for damming the flood of data, but this is futile. A more effective solution is to end the monopoly of access -- public aggregation of surveillance data. Twitch for everything.
Don't worry quite yet. Wait until we all have wearable cameras.
A new sense of what privacy is. It is increasingly rare that someone should have a sense of privacy or anonymity while in a public place.
It's reasonable to worry about government abuse of power from monopoly access to the full aggregation of surveillance data (even if that data was not originally intended as surveillance). Many people advocate for damming the flood of data, but this is futile. A more effective solution is to end the monopoly of access -- public aggregation of surveillance data. Twitch for everything.
Don't worry quite yet. Wait until we all have wearable cameras.