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One way to look at this is that people won't feel embarrassed by things they do in public. See Bob Gale's view on privacy here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/a

• jsemrau 10y ago
  >feel embarrassed by things they do in public. That is a slippery slope that usually starts with "if you have nothing to hide".
  • amag 10y ago
    Exactly, even if you have nothing to hide you can be embarrassed by things out of your control (maybe you caught a bug and throw up on a stranger). Also there are things you may not be embarrassed about but unsure how it may affect your future career/love/etc (I'm thinking public demonstrations etc).
• Analemma_ 10y ago
  > One way to look at this is that people won't feel embarrassed by things they do in public. I've heard this theory before, that once there are no more secrets, we won't be embarrassed by our social missteps anymore, or able to use them to attack others because the attacking party will be equally guilty. I think it's a load of BS. Humans are nasty, shitty little hypocrites: if they have dirt on someone else they'll shout it from the rooftops without caring one whit if they're just as bad. Similarly, the people consuming the gossip won't care one bit if they have equally embarrassing stuff in public, before using that data to pass unalterable moral judgment. Have you ever seen an internet comment section filled with Screaming Moral Outrage at some faux pas, even though most of those commenters are probably worse people? That's what the future is going to be like. Picture a shame mob stamping on a human face, forever.
  • jfoutz 10y ago
    Maybe. I dunno. I do know the "next" big problem is access asymmetry. You can see where i've been all day, but i don't have the same level of access to these specialized systems, so i'm kinda screwed. My favorite local example is red light cameras racking up 100k in fines against police cars without their lights on. They were all forgiven. On the flip side, that stuff will only work for a little while. President Bush came just shy of admitting use of cocaine. Obama flat out admitted it, and it was no big deal. Clinton more or less ended the pot stigma. Drug use (in the past) has been more or less eliminated as a shaming tactic. I'm not saying some people won't scream moral outrage, it's just that no one else will really care. So maybe i get caught picking my nose. Me and 300 million other people. shrug.
    • amag 10y ago
      Sure it's easy to think that you basically anonymous when 300 million others are doing it, but when a potential date looks you up and sees a lot of vids of you picking your nose, maybe you're not so attractive anymore.
      • elliotec 10y ago
        Why would that matter if there are lots of vids of the potential date picking their nose too, along with 300 million other people?
        • amag 10y ago
          Because however looks you up online, does not look at the other 300 million people doing the same thing. (S)he looks at you.
          • TeMPOraL 10y ago
            That they don't consider 300 million other people (themselves quite likely included) doing the same thing before passing a moral judgement only show how immature they are. You're better off without that person.
• alexhoduski 10y ago
  "Facial obfuscation can and will be a thing" Princess Bride called it.
• TrevorJ 10y ago
  Eh, everyone knows with certainty that everyone else defecates. Almost everyone would be embarrassed to do it in public.