Tuesday, April 20, 2004
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Do babyblogs violate children's privacy?
An issue of pressing importance, Peter and I have been considering this in the context of digital photographs over the past few months too. When is sharing a picture between friends good fun and acceptable and when does it become an invasion of your privacy, especially if the picture is less than flattering, or compromising, or whatever?
There are massive social, legal and technical questions to be addressed, and as we move towards a more digital society, with increasing abilities to capture, publish and view our own and other peoples lives, these issues will become increasingly important.
Or, they may just fade away, since hardly anyone does anything with their digital images anyway.....
An issue of pressing importance, Peter and I have been considering this in the context of digital photographs over the past few months too. When is sharing a picture between friends good fun and acceptable and when does it become an invasion of your privacy, especially if the picture is less than flattering, or compromising, or whatever?
There are massive social, legal and technical questions to be addressed, and as we move towards a more digital society, with increasing abilities to capture, publish and view our own and other peoples lives, these issues will become increasingly important.
Or, they may just fade away, since hardly anyone does anything with their digital images anyway.....
(c) 2003-2005 Russell Beale
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