Wille Faler’s Buzzword Bingo

Google Maps have released a 360 degree “Streetside View”, so you can see what a street looks like in a panoramic view. Obviously it is only static photos put together, but I get chills down my spine when I think about how it could be applied to London and its millions of Closed circuit TV-cameras:
real-time internet video feeds of any street corner, 24h “citizen surveillance” available to any government-agency, insurance company or deranged stalker at the touch of their fingertips. That would really give some flashbacks to the DDR or “1984″, you’ll never know who is watching, if anyone, or who is an informant for something.. Everyone has something they don’t necessarily want to share, whether they know it or not.

No thanks.