Re: Continued irony in the UK

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

OTH, you're getting one shot with Google Maps, which may show you
picking your nose or something embarrassing, like throwing up outside a
pub.  Wow, what an invasion of privacy. This is the same exposure that
you'd get from a tourist posting a travel pic on a blog or Flickr.
And, Google will respond and take out or blur something if it's
offensive. 
 
Compare that one picture to a continual series of video images, 24-hours
a day, 7 days a week, which certainly show quite a bit more.  And they
may be viewed by LE, but now LE knows a lot about you that perhaps
should be kept private. 
 
And even though it's largely "innocuous" now, CCTV's on every corner
open the door to a lot of things that civil libertarians get quite
worried about.  It's an enabling technology that has far more downside
than upside, IMHO, in terms of not only our privacy, but fundamental
freedoms. 
 
Alex
 
 


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From: Remo Cornali [mailto:remo.cornali () alice it] 
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:44 PM
To: Alex Eckelberry
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Continued irony in the UK


Alex Eckelberry ha scritto: 

        I just find it bizarre that they react to Street View with
lynch-mob mentality, but not to their serious privacy issues with CCTV's
on every corner.

I find it almost understandable. There is a big difference:
CCTV images go to law enforcement or premise owners; Street View goes to
anybody.

Ciao!
    Remo

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