Brenden Tuck wrote: > Due to the increased stability of memory that a wearable system > bestows upon the wearer, the situation becomes possible for a > person's memories to exist after their death, and in a format > dissectable by other people. Emails, important news articles, > papers, thoughts, etc. are all perserved even after death. > And unlike a desktop, due to the systems integral nature, most > of these things will be MUCH more personal in nature, much more > private. > > My conversation partner vehemenantly expressed his wish that > the system would short itself out, or otherwise permanently > destroy those memories upon his death, so that no one could > "rob his grave." Yet, I myself see this as a plausible, minor > form of immortality. > > What do you think? How will this affect society? I don't see a wearable as being any more personal or private than previous generations' journals and diaries. We have many examples of quite detailed records of individuals lives from such things. Now, the real problem is that a wearable will likely be less coherent than a handwritten version. If a wearable user wants guaranteed privacy, s/he can write the software for a bootup password, and a deadman switch - that should be enough to wipe a disk of ordinary personal data. -- Pete Hardie | Goalie, DVSG Dart Team Scientific Atlanta | Digital Video Services Group | -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org
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