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Definitely. Privacy in general is dead (in the same sense that Microsoft is dead).
by abstractbill 18y ago
Definitely. Privacy in general is dead (in the same sense that Microsoft is dead).
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- ivankirigin 18y agoMicrosoft is dead in the sense you don't have to worry about them. Privacy is dead in the sense that you definitely have to worry about it. Wearing a small IR LED on a cap should be enough to block most CCTV photos of yourself. Most people won't, but if you care, you can take action.
- abstractbill 18y agoBoth are dead in the sense of inevitability. How much longer do you expect the IR LED trick to work? Why should I worry about losing my privacy? Certainly there are secrets I need to keep, like my bank account details, but those are of a different nature. I won't be surprised if in a couple of decades, anyone on the planet will be able to find out everything I've done all day, complete with high-definition movies of it happening if they want. And, to be honest, I'm quite ok with that.
- axod 18y agoAt the same time, it'll be trivial to fake high res movies of you doing anything - "photoshop" for movies mapping your physical form onto others etc Wow you robbed a bank today? Nah it was a 'shopped movie. I think that lessens the need for privacy even more...
- axod 18y ago>> "Privacy is dead in the sense that you definitely have to worry about it." >> "Most people won't,..." Seems like a contradiction. Fact is, most people don't care.
- ivankirigin 18y agoYeah, those that don't do anything probably assume privacy as the default, so they don't act at all.