“I need a real-time satellite feed of that building, now!” Such a phrase may be common in action movies, but what if this real-time satellite feed wasn’t just a thing of the movies and was available to anyone with a connection to the Internet? This may soon be possible as companies like Google continue to launch satellites into orbit in an effort to provide real-time satellite surveillance to everyone. With this technology available, outdoor privacy will be a thing of the past. (Remember that six-foot privacy fence you installed so that you can sunbathe without everyone seeing? With this technology, it'll be useless.) Who will police this eye-in-the-sky and determine if the situation merits the live-feed being “aired” over the Internet? Who will ensure that your crazy ex-boyfriend isn’t monitoring your every move while you’re outside? The company that makes this technology available? The government? No. I contend that, even though such technologies may be “cool” they unlock the vault of our private lives and place the hand of anyone with Internet access on the vault’s handle. Because of this, these technologies should not be made available to anyone. If it is, I tremble at the thought of the absence of privacy that will surely follow.
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