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alver
Senior Cruncher Joined: Nov 30, 2007 Post Count: 245 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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This is bound to be a contentious one, so let's see what people think...
----------------------------------------Google GLASS was released to some 3rd party developers 2 days ago, and the 'privacy campaigners' are predictably not happy. After all, anyone and everyone filming things in public places can only be a bad thing, right? But then... Boston bomber caught on film? ...suddenly wall-to-wall crowd-sourced CCTV doesn't seem so bad, does it? Let's hope they manage to catch whoever did this, using all the technology available. And if more people filming things all the time makes this sort of atrocity harder to get away with, I'm all for it.  (previously known as 'proxima' on SETI, UD, distributed folding, FaD, and Rosetta) |
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Sgt.Joe
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Jul 4, 2006 Post Count: 7850 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Of all the things I have to worry about, concern about being filmed in public ranks right along side concern about the sun going nova in about 5 billion years. A non issue as far as I am concerned.
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alver
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Of all the things I have to worry about, concern about being filmed in public ranks right along side concern about the sun going nova in about 5 billion years. A non issue as far as I am concerned. Me too - exactly. It's a constant surprise to me how many people seem to view it as a gross invasion of privacy - IT'S IN A PUBLIC PLACE! I guess you can tell which side of the argument I fall on by now. (previously known as 'proxima' on SETI, UD, distributed folding, FaD, and Rosetta) |
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BladeD
Ace Cruncher USA Joined: Nov 17, 2004 Post Count: 28976 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Of course, no one would be against the cameras being used for this purpose.
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Sgt.Joe
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Of course, no one would be against the cameras being used for this purpose. But how many want to live in a world of 1984 ? 1984 was about cameras and intrusion into every part of your life, public and private. I said I was not worried about cameras in public places. These two ideas are not the same. (I know the lawyer types are going to split hairs on what is public and what is private, but I am not going there. I am attempting to use some common sense here.) Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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BladeD
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Not today. But when the cameras are upgraded and they can see (up close) and HEAR.
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Sgt.Joe
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Not today. But when the cameras are upgraded and they can see (up close) and HEAR. The FBI,CIA, NSA and other government alphabet soup agencies can probably already count the number of hairs on my head from space even if I am wearing a hat. My life is not that interesting that I am worried about the government snooping on it. Cheers
Sgt. Joe
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cjslman
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Pretty much the same here... public means (and spells) public (not pubis). You want to film me in the street?... be my guest. I see no invasion of privacy. Besides, the Google Glass is visible (like on the front of your face)... a hidden/discreet smartphone, maybe not so.
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yoro42
Ace Cruncher United States Joined: Feb 19, 2011 Post Count: 8979 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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I agree that public is public. However, I wonder if we will ever talk about the Google Glass being half full or half empty. Which half would be considered optimistic?
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Sabrina Tarson
Advanced Cruncher United States Joined: Jun 27, 2012 Post Count: 149 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailblazer_Project
----------------------------------------Not to Mention the London CCTV Cameras... Or my favorite show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_%28TV_series%29 But seriously, Camera's already watch us all in public anyway...its just now a big deal cause everyone will have those cameras. |
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