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Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass

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On 2014-02-08 19:55:50 +0000, RS Wood said:

> On 2014-02-08, Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I think the best way is to have a surreptitious camera / mic on one's
>> person, in the states where this won't automatically send you to jail.
>> Another thing to think about is the idea of having cameras with
>> automatic facial recognition everywhere ALREADY.  Law enforcement
>> officers often use dirty tricks, but I trust Google itself even less.
>> In my opinion every cell phone / tablet / computer with cameras and
>> mics should be treated as if it were recording everything in the
>> vicinity and uploading it when convenient.  The foolish might even
>> feel comforted by this, or likely ambivalent at least - after all if
>> you don't have anything to hide you don't have anything to fear!
>> 
> 
> Does anyone remember that dystopian movie from around '96 where people
> are recording their sensory perceptions using this kind of device, and
> the crazier tapes are being traded on the black market for people who
> want to experience something particular (like robbing a bank) for
> themselves?
> 
> At one point there's a (nasty) scene where this guy is raping or
> attacking or at least preparing to rape some woman, and he plugs the
> output of his device into hers to torture her more by allowing her to
> experience the pleasure he's getting from raping her.
> 
> Can't remember the movie, but I'd like to see it again.  This whole
> Google Glass thing reminds me of it, even if it's not quite the same.

I do remember it:  It was called Strange Days 
("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114558/") and while the plot and acting 
both left something to be desired, it was quite prescient, and still is 
I feel.

My sister is a Google Glass Explorer but I don't get it.  Then again I 
don't even carry a cell phone.

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NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass xyzzy <stalkers-suck@grr.la> - 2014-02-07 01:16 -0800
  Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass "I'm Batman, Dammit" <batman@thecave.invalid> - 2014-02-07 09:55 +0000
    Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 16:10 -0800
      Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 19:55 +0000
        Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-08 15:19 -0800
          Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-09 15:19 +0000
      Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 17:27 +0000
    Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-20 17:24 +0000
  Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-10 09:04 -0800
    Re: NYPD Beta-Testing Google Glass RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-19 17:17 +0000

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