Thursday, July 10, 2008

'Big Brother' again ?


There is a well known Internet company which currently provides a feature to enable Internet get a satellite view of any city/region in the world. If you magnify to a certain scale, you can even have a top view of your building or house.

Well, today I learned that this same company is planning to install video cameras in some places to even enable Internet users watch pedestrian movements in well known streets.

Looks fantastic, isn't it ? Techically speaking, I would say yes. But what about privacy protection ? If you are walking with your boyfriend or girlfriend in Oxford street London for example, would you like millions of Internet users watch your step by step movements LIVE without your permission ?

Alain Fok

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