Shelly Palmer Radio Report – June 15, 2012

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Today on Shelly Palmer Digital Living: : I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there is no reasonable expectation of privacy in the 21st century.  Still, people are irked when they think their privacy is being violated.  The latest uproar is over so called ‘spy planes’ used by Google and Apple to produce extremely detailed maps. They are using 3D mapping technology that captures aerial images, so detailed, that it is possible to tell what brand of pen you are using.  Obviously, this is a new use for some very sophisticated technology, so it’s easy to understand why some people are up in arms about it.  But that’s putting blame in the wrong place.  Technology can’t be good or bad – that’s a distinction reserved for people.  This is perfect opportunity to start talking about what privacy really means in the Information Age. Should companies be allowed to watch you sunbathing in your backyard without asking your permission? Is that a price we’re willing to pay to have 3D maps? Visit shellypalmer.com to learn more about it. Visit shellypalmer.com to learn more about it. I’m Shelly Palmer.

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Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).

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  • Hollywood5459

    “We are begging to be controlled.” Tech can be used for “bad” purposes without balanced controls on the people who use it for “bad” purposes. Crowd sourcing can turn on you faster than you can control them to carry your flags when the other side is promised more, especially if there is no intention of doing so. There is absolutely no need for 3D spying among the masses. Just because there may be some military uses, does not mean everyone is entitled. Discrimination runs deep and ruins lives.

  • Hollywood5459

    Addition: The premise of “There is no expectation of privacy in the 21st century” is contentious. There is an expectation of privacy and should be. The challenge is how to protect our privacy, just as it always has been only with technology making it harder and worse for humanity. As great as technology is to move us forward, just one wrong push of one wrong stroke can destroy millennia of productivity. Fire good, but one match burns through centuries of forest, cities and life. Getting sucked in brings out the worst.