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It does not have it now, because they want to focus on the basics. Once that is done, adding a camera is not a big deal.
by sicxu 13y ago
It does not have it now, because they want to focus on the basics. Once that is done, adding a camera is not a big deal.
- dag11 13y agoBut I feel like that would make the media -- followed by average people -- go crazy. Consider the current NSA news combined with "Google puts hundreds of cameras in the sky".
- Heliosmaster 13y agoAnd what happens when "Google puts thousands of cameras on our faces" ?
- icebraining 13y agoIt's different, since people will actually have to buy and use those cameras, the pushback will probably focus less on Google and more on the wearers.
- TeMPOraL 13y agoWell like if you didn't have a camera in your pocket for years. Or like cameras hidden in pens weren't available cheaply for years. Seriously, the time for people to be scared of others recording things is has already passed (mostly unnoticed).
- _pmf_ 13y ago> But I feel like that would make the media -- followed by average people -- go crazy Yes, that will be a two uncomfortable days of online nerd rage.
- MacsHeadroom 13y agoA handful of police departments in the US already have constantly floating omni-directional camera drone balloons. The technology is only getting cheaper.
- Trogdor0617 13y agoHuh ... don't look now, but Google is already putting hundreds of cameras in the sky, daily. Various aircraft, even some satellites, are devoted to Google imagery. Having a new fleet of balloon-based "craft" providing imagery could easily fit into Google's M.O.