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Fwd: Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy
From: "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:57:42 -0600
A very good response didn't appear to make it to the list, so: --- chris () loftyperch com wrote:
--- Randall M <randallm () fidmail com> wrote: > An anonymous reader writes "Today as we were biking around our neighborhood > in a small city we saw a strange vehicle slowly driving around. It appeared > to be an SUV, bristling with cameras mounted on the roof, and pointing just > about every possible direction. The first time we saw it, all we could see > was that it had a sign on the side, something about Windows. The second time > we saw it, we stared at it so hard that the driver stopped and we had a > chance to ask him what it was all about. He said he was driving around, > filming streets, and that there were people doing this all over the world, > and getting data from the air too. It was going to be available on the Web. > I asked him if this was Microsoft's answer to Google Earth, and he indicated > that it was. There seems to be very little about this on the Web, and I > found no mention of Microsoft's collection of this sort of detailed street > level data. The Windows site appears to be http://preview.local.live.com/, > although since I use a Mac it didn't work properly. I'm not sure I want my > neighborhood viewable on the Web from ground level. And are they going to > edit all the people out? I don't see how they could." This is the basic issue of privacy in the modern world, anyone not paying attention needs to adjust their world-view. People who focus on this type of thing should not be naive about it (I assume this list is primarily industry folks ?). When even we pretend (?) to be surprised about it, it is an interesting indicator of the state of awareness of the general public, but it changes nothing. Anyone can point a webcam out their window and stream it to the web. Anyone can take a digital picture of anything and post it to a site. Anyone can take a digital video of anything and post it on Youtube et al. It's the "Globe as a Small Town" phenomenon (anyone live in a small town? How private is your front yard?). The inside of your home is and should be your private space. If you want your front yard private, plant a row of big evergreens, and don't trim the lower branches. -welcome to the world! -chris NO Chris Blask Founder and CEO Lofty Perch Inc A ship in port is safe, but that is not what ships are for. Sail out to sea and do new things. - Admiral Grace Hopper, Computer Pioneer 1231 King Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 1G6 +1 416 358 9885 chris () loftyperch com
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- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy, (continued)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Larry Seltzer (Dec 04)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 04)
- Re: RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy der Mouse (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 04)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 04)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Richards, Jim (Dec 04)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 04)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Richard M. Smith (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 05)
- Fwd: Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Peter Kosinar (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Richard M. Smith (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 05)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Peter Kosinar (Dec 06)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 06)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Brian Loe (Dec 06)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Dec 06)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 06)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Peter Kosinar (Dec 05)
- RE: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Larry Seltzer (Dec 04)
- Re: FW: Windows Live and Privacy Drsolly (Dec 06)