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> Every time I see Google Glass I think... ... do I really want fragments of my life to be recorded by total strangers and then shared with God knows who? I re

by eps 14y ago

> Every time I see Google Glass I think... ... do I really want fragments of my life to be recorded by total strangers and then shared with God knows who? I really don't. It's a cool tech, but its social implications are far from being trivial and benign.

judofyr 14y ago
> It's a cool tech, but its social implications are far from being trivial and benign. Is there any cool tech that doesn't have difficult social implications?
JuDue 14y ago
Agreed. You only need to look at Google Play's lack of privacy to realise they see the user as a consuming resource. At least Apple treats you more like the owner of your purchase, rather than something to drive ads with data.
aaronbasssett 14y ago
So I take it you never go outside? CCTV is already omnipresent. I'm not saying I agree with it, just that there are larger surveillance battles to be fought.
- yareally 14y ago
  Since you live in the UK[1], I would guess CCTV would be everywhere. However, not every country is covered with CCTV (yet). That will probably change in the future though. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_television#Uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_television#Uses
- eps 14y ago
  Don't substitute the issue. There are no CCTVs at workplace, at the parties and in the subway carriages. And no CCTVs are sharing out to the public. And, no, they are not "omnipresent".
- potatolicious 14y ago
  Most CCTV cameras are private and not monitored. You install them and have them record on a loop - old data is automatically erased to make room for new data. When something bad happens (an accident, a robbery, etc) recording is stopped and the existing data is handed over to relevant parties. This is far less problematic than an omnipresent, monitored, shared, catalogued and indexed in perpetuity, video system.
homosaur 14y ago
You mean like the government, every single day of your life? I agree, far from trivial and benign.

by eps 14y ago

judofyr 14y ago

> It's a cool tech, but its social implications are far from being trivial and benign. Is there any cool tech that doesn't have difficult social implications?

JuDue 14y ago

Agreed. You only need to look at Google Play's lack of privacy to realise they see the user as a consuming resource. At least Apple treats you more like the owner of your purchase, rather than something to drive ads with data.

aaronbasssett 14y ago

So I take it you never go outside? CCTV is already omnipresent. I'm not saying I agree with it, just that there are larger surveillance battles to be fought.

yareally 14y ago
Since you live in the UK[1], I would guess CCTV would be everywhere. However, not every country is covered with CCTV (yet). That will probably change in the future though. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_television#Uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed-circuit_television#Uses
eps 14y ago
Don't substitute the issue. There are no CCTVs at workplace, at the parties and in the subway carriages. And no CCTVs are sharing out to the public. And, no, they are not "omnipresent".
potatolicious 14y ago
Most CCTV cameras are private and not monitored. You install them and have them record on a loop - old data is automatically erased to make room for new data. When something bad happens (an accident, a robbery, etc) recording is stopped and the existing data is handed over to relevant parties. This is far less problematic than an omnipresent, monitored, shared, catalogued and indexed in perpetuity, video system.

homosaur 14y ago

You mean like the government, every single day of your life? I agree, far from trivial and benign.