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Life Recorder

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-around-the-bend dept.

Bruce Schneier writes "In 2006, writing about future threats on privacy, I described a life recorder: A 'life recorder' you can wear on your lapel that constantly records is still a few generations off: 200 gigabytes/year for audio and 700 gigabytes/year for video. It'll be sold as a security device, so that no one can attack you without being recorded."

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  1. Rogue-like by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It'll be sold as a security device, so that no one can attack you without being recorded.

    Except when getting stabbed in the back.

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    1. Re:Rogue-like by InsprdInsnty · · Score: 5, Interesting

      or wearing a disguise of any sort

    2. Re:Rogue-like by tehniobium · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Exactly what I thought, but TFA suggests/hints at the possibility of the data not being stored locally.

      So not only do you get to have your life recorded, but your life is stored in the cloud! Fantastic isn't it??

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    3. Re:Rogue-like by jeffmeden · · Score: 5, Funny

      If this is the case then why is storage relevant? It's the bandwidth necessary to get the data out; doing it reliably is necessary too. An attacker could theoretically just jam the frequencies that the recorder/transmitter uses, and then attack you, steal or destroy the device, and no one would be the wiser. As a security measure, this needs to be better thought out.

      On top of that, what does Bruce Schneier need with protections from attack? I hear that behind his beard lives an inordinately large prime number of fists.

  2. Hmm... by ShadowDragoonFTW · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't like the privacy concerns if something like that was ever stolen or linked into...

  3. It already exists by kaldari · · Score: 5, Funny

    A little pricey, but you can already buy such a thing: http://wearcam.org/domewear/

  4. Copyrights? by Thiez · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Good luck getting into a cinema wearing one of those.

  5. Re:Bicycling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about a bicycle-ride recorder, so law enforcement can ticket bike riders for not obeying traffic laws like they are supposed to?

  6. Re:Bicycling by maxume · · Score: 5, Informative

    Bicycles are traffic.

    There are restrictions, such as freeways, but this is true for most roads.

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