http://www.wired.com/2016/02/visual-anonymity/
In the recent years our society has begun to encorporate more and more personal videos to the internet. With apps like Youtube, Facebook and Snapchat, every second can be documented and shared to hundreds of different connections. With this ability though comes the problem of anonymity. Many are seen in these videos even if they had nothing to do with the actions taking place or friends post videos without other people's knowledge which can tarnish a name on the internet. Without an easy tool to make anonymity possible, everyone risks being portrayed in videos they were not planning on being public. This all may change though with the recent blurring tool that Google just announced.
Throughout the years different projects have been in progress to help solve the issue of no anonymity on the internet. Companies like WITNESS have noticed that now with sites and apps like Youtube, Facebook and Snapchat, many people are tagged or seen in not professional type videos. With the tool that Google has announced, it will allow for anyone to blur faces or inappropriate content in videos. Right now the only company who is really taking action with anonymity is Youtube, but many are hoping that other companies will follow in their footsteps. With this tool people can begin to take back their privacy on the internet.
Interesting, given that people post pictures of you without ever asking. It may also prevent haters from posting pictures. Of course, if they don't tag you, you won't know, right? Unless others see it and report back.
ReplyDeleteArticle says so much more than this. Say whether you think it will be used much, if people don't know about it, or if there other tools that do the similar things.
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