From: Street Ghost from the week of 10/15
Google street view has always been a part of one of the
greatest parts in the fight of invasion of privacy. The rules about invasion of
privacy though are changing. New technologies are said to be an invasion of privacy
because they are unexpected and because of very specific aspects of what is
seen through the cameras on Google’s cars. In order for a large number of
technologies to move forward the rules of invasion of property need to be
changed. The current view is from a time where people did not have any of their
information out on the internet and they were essentially anonymous all the
time. This view is now a barrier to technology because new technologies will
not function in a way that is quick enough and convenient enough for the common
person without their personal information stored beforehand. Most people
nowadays are changing their view on privacy to be accepting of storing their
information. The problem then becomes why is the information being used in ways
that the user did not intent? Why are pictures being stored on servers
thousands of miles away just because that person uses a certain site? Why can a
person have their information shared or their pictures used without their
consent? This is the crux of the privacy vs. technology war. Sites such as
streetghosts are using pictures without consent because they feel that the
artistic perspective behind their works is more important than that person’s
privacy. This is another issue of convenience. The project itself is not bad or
particularly damaging to the people whose pictures are posted, but why is the
only way to complete this project to use pictures taken without consent? The
project is banking on the people whose pictures they are using not to know of
the project of that their pictures are being used. Invasions of privacy are now
possible if the user does not know that their information is being used. This
wrap around is why the privacy war has started.
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