Microsoft Gadget Keeps Record of Your Life

An anonymous reader writes "SenseCam, touted as a visual diary of sorts by Microsoft Corp., is designed to be worn around the neck and take up to 2,000 images a 12-hour day automatically. The prototype responds to changes such as bright lights and sudden movements and might one day even respond to other stimuli such as heart rate or skin temperature -- to track medical problems as easily as to record a Hawaiian vacation."

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Anybody else thought...

[ArseneLupin]

... "what a nice place to hide a bomb" when he saw that huge flowerpot in that fisheye picture? Set the timer to some convenient time between 8h49 and 9h11, when the microserfs are coming in for work, and blammo! install red splash!

Trying to escape the desktop trap

[heironymouscoward]

Every time Microsoft announce a new gadget I see them trying to define a new platform where they can sell OS licenses. Does anyone really want to reboot their jewelry every few days because it has a memory leak?

But seriously, what happens when people start to wear cameras all the time? Saunas, changing rooms, neighbour's teenage daughter undressi... Oops, I did not mean to be standing in that direction. Sometimes the things we see are best kept private.

Re:Strange days

[AstroDrabb]

So it's from MS, big deal

It is a big deal to some. While I may use their OS from time to time, I would never use any of their "personal" products. Why in the world would I trust my personal information to some closed source application made by a proprietary company? What is to stop MS from having my personal data sent to their servers for "annonymous" collection for stats? It may sound paranoid, however this is ones personal information, and should not be trusted to a company that has shown such low ethics as MS has over the years.