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I always wondered what would happen to violent crime if everyone logged what happens? (If there is no obvious camera, it would be enough if 10-15% logged, for t

by berntb 10y ago

I always wondered what would happen to violent crime if everyone logged what happens? (If there is no obvious camera, it would be enough if 10-15% logged, for the risk to increase.) A button sends the last minute of everything that happened to the police, along with GPS coordinates (preferably with a face recognition service)? If your voice is needed to turn off logging, it will be obvious what happened, when knock out drugs are used in bars. And so on.

ghaff 10y ago
See The Circle by David Eggers for a fictional account. I'm not sure I really recommend the book as SF, but it's an interesting read if taken as a deliberately over-the-top "if this goes on" sort of fable.
pjc50 10y ago
Selective enforcement goes through the ceiling, as there's suddenly far more "crime" than anyone knows what to do with.
- berntb 10y ago
  Yes, but add face recognition and it will be easy court cases... I see new services for the future: + Upload services that gets video checksums every second (and maybe a picture every 30 seconds), so you can prove that this video was not tampered with. + Jamming equipment, so criminals can stop information from leaving the victim (then destroy the logging hardware.) + Cheap, fast flying drones that can leave a person being robbed, to send video/audio/alarm to the police outside the previously mentioned jamming radius.
ourmandave 10y ago
That reminds me of the SF short story about the invention of a machine that could play any past event like a movie on TV and how it transformed society. Imagine a world where anyone could play back any moment of anyone's life (living or dead) at any time, unedited.
- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  http://www.ebooktrove.com/Asimov,%20Isaac/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20The%20Dead%20Past.pdf http://www.ebooktrove.com/Asimov,%20Isaac/Asimov,%20Isaac%20... The Dead Past by Asimov. I also recommend this story for a very refreshing view on government agencies. -- (Spoiler alert) The issue with such a device is not being able to see people's lives unedited, but that "the past" also means "a microsecond ago" - which turns that device into an ultimate spying/voyeur tool.

by berntb 10y ago

ghaff 10y ago

See The Circle by David Eggers for a fictional account. I'm not sure I really recommend the book as SF, but it's an interesting read if taken as a deliberately over-the-top "if this goes on" sort of fable.

pjc50 10y ago

Selective enforcement goes through the ceiling, as there's suddenly far more "crime" than anyone knows what to do with.

berntb 10y ago
Yes, but add face recognition and it will be easy court cases... I see new services for the future: + Upload services that gets video checksums every second (and maybe a picture every 30 seconds), so you can prove that this video was not tampered with. + Jamming equipment, so criminals can stop information from leaving the victim (then destroy the logging hardware.) + Cheap, fast flying drones that can leave a person being robbed, to send video/audio/alarm to the police outside the previously mentioned jamming radius.

ourmandave 10y ago

That reminds me of the SF short story about the invention of a machine that could play any past event like a movie on TV and how it transformed society. Imagine a world where anyone could play back any moment of anyone's life (living or dead) at any time, unedited.

TeMPOraL 10y ago
http://www.ebooktrove.com/Asimov,%20Isaac/Asimov,%20Isaac%20-%20The%20Dead%20Past.pdf http://www.ebooktrove.com/Asimov,%20Isaac/Asimov,%20Isaac%20... The Dead Past by Asimov. I also recommend this story for a very refreshing view on government agencies. -- (Spoiler alert) The issue with such a device is not being able to see people's lives unedited, but that "the past" also means "a microsecond ago" - which turns that device into an ultimate spying/voyeur tool.