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HP Experiments with 'Always On' Camera

Posted by michael on from the sieve-his-proper-worth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Hewlett-Packard researchers in the U.K. are working on a camera that's always on, recording everything you see and letting you go back later and decide what's actually photo-worthy. Raises some serious privacy questions. But as an HP researcher notes, "If your wearable camera is always on ... you're not going to miss any moments, but you're also going to get a load of junk.""

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  1. Load of junk by Sowbug · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...but you're also going to get a load of junk"

    If by "a load of junk" you mean "a lot of pictures of people pointing at your goofy-looking glasses and laughing," then you're absolutely right.

    1. Re:Load of junk by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 5, Funny
      "...but you're also going to get a load of junk"

      I think by "load of junk" they mean it's a Compaq/HP product.

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  2. slashdot by ispepalocacoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sadly, all I would get are many many screenshots of slashdot.

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  3. Re:Privacy Issues? by System.out.println() · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not even going to go into all of the places that you shouldn't be taking pictures anyway (locker rooms, gyms, dr. office, the list goes on)

    I think you just...um.... did. :)

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  4. Re:dont have to keep loads of junk by ccnull · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like TiVo for the soul.

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