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Hmm nice idea and concept, but bare with me I have to say I personally don't agree with this type of life logging via Geotagging, I think people are already giving away a large proportion of there civil liberties via social networking sites without addressing what actually happens with this type of data and information, which is gathered by the service provider and further down the line can be used by third parties. With people spending so much time online, I understand that there are outstanding issues that need to be looked at but as a whole I think we need to be able to have more of an active say in how the internet and communication data is governed, how this information is shared to both third parties and the government.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7915479.stm

Jacqui Smith has tried to bring in "The Central Communications Database" which would allow the government/police with access to all email, internet, mobile phone calls, this was met with some opposition because this is an invasion of privacy and civil liberties. This was plumped as part of the war on terror and organised crime! Lets put things into perspective - the majority of people are law abiding citizens, who should not be treated in the same way as a minority of people out to cause others harm, whether it be paedophiles, terrorists or any other manner of criminal that the government and media would have you believe are waiting on every street corner to disrupt our green and pleasant land......shame they can't sort out there own fraudulent expense forms for pornography, second homes and not to mention the state of the banks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7671046.stm

This has now changed with the new direction of Jacqui Smith now being to go around the back door and impose these new forms of surveillance on the communications firms and tracking of data including, emails, mobile calls and internet (key words in the remit of terror or criminal activity would trigger a security alert) so what is so different to the previously proposed Communications Data Bill? Well by dealing directly with the communications firms, which we have all signed up and agreed to the small print of use of data etc it almost takes away the publics right to petition and appose this new law.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8020039.stm

Now don't get me wrong some geotagging is great when it helps you find locations but on a personal information/personal location level I think we need to address the bigger picture of personal data online.

I also feel while the majority of press released on this is not on the bigger picture and usually under the FEAR tactics of murderers, paedophiles, criminals and terrorists, there is no mention of the everyday innocent people who are being robbed slowly but surely of there civil liberties.

George Orwell - 1984
imagepropaganda |
2009-04-29 15:45:52

Conspiracy theories aside, it's worth noting that apps that do this for the N-Series have existed for some time - not least Nokia's own Location Tagger - but anything that leads to even more FlickrMap fun is good with me.
James Bridle
2009-04-29 16:50:11

... except it won't of course, because the Vine site is proprietary, and there's no obvious way to export your data and make it easy to share on the wider web. Quelle surprise.
James Bridle
2009-04-29 16:58:00

Conspiracy theories aside? Reality my friend if you look at the links this is already happening (Quelle reality) but if it makes you feel warm and safe knowing big brother is watching you, well be my guest...I am simply commenting on related issues to the article written in a more indepth way looking at the issues with geo tagging and social networking!
imagepropaganda |
2009-04-29 19:59:17