Flying private aircraft for hire anything like Uber is a bad idea. There are too many risks and the FAA is there to mitigate commercial travel. I have to agree with the FAA on this as pilot myself. People will abuse this vague pseudo right, and people will die.
Technically you are right about the phone and the camera. I think the essential difference is that while Google glass has a light that goes on, it's still essentially far more subtle to spot someone capturing you on video with Google glass, especially in a public setting. Someone with a phone who his hell bent of capturing you on film will still need to be more proactive and obvious than anyone with google glass. I don't want to have to constantly discern when somebody's glasses may be on. It's just too easy to capture footage of someone without their knowing. We already have far too much of that in our surveillance state.
Your comments are spot on. Google Glass to me seems like the perfect tool to have people steal your privacy without your knowing. This is completely WRONG. I like what you can get from google glass, but take the F$#@ing camera feature away. This tool as it stands is ripe for all kinds of privacy violations, and in an era of once it's on the web, it's there forever, I am appalled by this. Smart phones have already done enough damage in this respect but at least you have a chance of being noticed if someone is photographing or videoing you.
I also agree that this article seems to be inconsistent with Mike's typical privacy positions (which I agree with).
Mike, I'm not an author but I'm astounded by your article. Really... "Learn to adapt"? To what, letting people blatantly ripoff your hard work? Do you earn a living with your writing (I hope not). I don't see protecting the copyright of your work as patent trolling. That's a hell of a stretch. Copyright trolling is what this A-hole's down in texas do with other people's work.
I also find it really ironic that your assinine article itself is copyrighted... nice touch.
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Agree with FAA
Flying private aircraft for hire anything like Uber is a bad idea. There are too many risks and the FAA is there to mitigate commercial travel. I have to agree with the FAA on this as pilot myself. People will abuse this vague pseudo right, and people will die.
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Technically you are right about the phone and the camera. I think the essential difference is that while Google glass has a light that goes on, it's still essentially far more subtle to spot someone capturing you on video with Google glass, especially in a public setting. Someone with a phone who his hell bent of capturing you on film will still need to be more proactive and obvious than anyone with google glass. I don't want to have to constantly discern when somebody's glasses may be on. It's just too easy to capture footage of someone without their knowing. We already have far too much of that in our surveillance state.
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Your comments are spot on. Google Glass to me seems like the perfect tool to have people steal your privacy without your knowing. This is completely WRONG. I like what you can get from google glass, but take the F$#@ing camera feature away. This tool as it stands is ripe for all kinds of privacy violations, and in an era of once it's on the web, it's there forever, I am appalled by this. Smart phones have already done enough damage in this respect but at least you have a chance of being noticed if someone is photographing or videoing you.
I also agree that this article seems to be inconsistent with Mike's typical privacy positions (which I agree with).
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And in BOTH cases, the income from someone's work is lost to someone who hasn't got the decency to pay for it.
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Uh, yes, the copyright on your article is in the upper left next to your name. Look again.
Learn to Adapt?
Mike, I'm not an author but I'm astounded by your article. Really... "Learn to adapt"? To what, letting people blatantly ripoff your hard work? Do you earn a living with your writing (I hope not). I don't see protecting the copyright of your work as patent trolling. That's a hell of a stretch. Copyright trolling is what this A-hole's down in texas do with other people's work.
I also find it really ironic that your assinine article itself is copyrighted... nice touch.