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No. What could be the worst? That someone sees me naked and put it online? There's so much content online that it's a drop in an ocean. Even if they were to sen

No. What could be the worst? That someone sees me naked and put it online? There's so much content online that it's a drop in an ocean. Even if they were to send it to my boss... so what? Every human has a body, it's not any worst than going to the beach or changing in the locker room.

dosy 8y ago
That's a good attitude. Pretty much immune to that form of blackmail. But I sometimes mightn't want someone watching me from some angle or place, so even tho there's other placements where products can monitor, I'll cover it to exercise control over that one.
- romdev 8y ago
  What about a bad guy that turns on your camera to watch your keyboard while you're on a shopping or financial site? It seems like a more valuable target to capture banking and email passwords than knowing the specific shape of your body - a shape that's probably not very different from most people in your demographic. Krebs has details about the value of a hacked email account: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/06/the-value-of-a-hacked-email-account/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/06/the-value-of-a-hacked-em...
  - scarface74 8y ago
    How are they going to see my keyboard from where the camera is usually placed on a laptop?
andrei_says_ 8y ago
I found this ted talk on privacy enlightening: https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters/up-next https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matter... If someone placed a surveillance camera in each of your apartment’s rooms, and you could remove these cameras or leave them in place, what would you do? Do you think your behavior would be exactly the same, with the cameras and without them? Do you drive exactly the same, with and without a police car tailing you?
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- danaris 8y ago
  I think there's a big difference between a camera put there specifically to surveil you, and a camera you purchased as part of your electronic device, which is, absent someone specifically targeting you, under your control and used for your convenience to video chat with your loved ones. I think there's also a big difference between how one would act with the possibility of someone watching them (who, if they are watching, are doing so only by illegally accessing my personal device) and how one would act with the certain knowledge of being watched by legitimate authorities. Nuance is a thing that exists.
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dosy 8y ago

That's a good attitude. Pretty much immune to that form of blackmail. But I sometimes mightn't want someone watching me from some angle or place, so even tho there's other placements where products can monitor, I'll cover it to exercise control over that one.

romdev 8y ago
What about a bad guy that turns on your camera to watch your keyboard while you're on a shopping or financial site? It seems like a more valuable target to capture banking and email passwords than knowing the specific shape of your body - a shape that's probably not very different from most people in your demographic. Krebs has details about the value of a hacked email account: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/06/the-value-of-a-hacked-email-account/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/06/the-value-of-a-hacked-em...
- scarface74 8y ago
  How are they going to see my keyboard from where the camera is usually placed on a laptop?

andrei_says_ 8y ago

I found this ted talk on privacy enlightening: https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters/up-next https://www.ted.com/talks/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matter... If someone placed a surveillance camera in each of your apartment’s rooms, and you could remove these cameras or leave them in place, what would you do? Do you think your behavior would be exactly the same, with the cameras and without them? Do you drive exactly the same, with and without a police car tailing you?

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danaris 8y ago
I think there's a big difference between a camera put there specifically to surveil you, and a camera you purchased as part of your electronic device, which is, absent someone specifically targeting you, under your control and used for your convenience to video chat with your loved ones. I think there's also a big difference between how one would act with the possibility of someone watching them (who, if they are watching, are doing so only by illegally accessing my personal device) and how one would act with the certain knowledge of being watched by legitimate authorities. Nuance is a thing that exists.
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