[ExI] In future, will everybody wear their own body cam?

[BillK]

On Fri, 27 Sept 2024 at 20:37, efc--- via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> I think we are partly already there. Everyone has a smartphone, and if
> something happens out of the ordinary in town, you see plenty of people
> filming it already.
>
> So I think it is a fun exercise to extrapolate from where we are today,
> to, as you say, the time when everyone is wearing contacts with built in
> camera, or some other iny camera hidden on your person filming and storing
> everything on your home server or your phone.
>
> I heard that in the US, some insurance companies offer lower premiums if
> you have a camera in your car, and recently in sweden there was a case of
> the police using photos from a parked Tesla in a legal case.
>
> From a personal point of view... I ask myself, what would make me bother?
> Privately I dislike photos, videos, and I seldom walk around in town with
> my phone on me.
>
> In business, everything important is done through email or contracts, so
> everything is recorded that way.
>
> Since I am a privacy nut, I would not take the insurance company up on the
> offer.
>
> So dear smartphone fans, what use would you have for 24x7 filming?
> _______________________________________________


As Adrian mentioned, it could be useful for protection. As a deterrent
to anyone approaching you to snatch your Rolex watch. It would also be
evidence if any incident happens, to avoid the 'he said - she said'
disputes. The video would be a support for your side in car accidents
and is why insurance companies like them.
(It also makes you a more careful driver, as you want the camera to
support your version of the incident).
I also see it as a general deterrent to misbehaviour. Anyone could be
recorded at any time by anyone nearby.
Just think how behaviour will change when anything you say or do could
be displayed on the internet for the world to be offended by and make you
into a non-person.
Total surveillance should make humanity much better behaved.


BillK