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I'm sorry but your social faculties are way out of whack if you think it's a better option to scan someone than to simply ask their name. Do you not understand that I may feel uncomfortable if you've just scanned me and then use that data to try and strike up a conversation? Talk about making me feel like a product or mark. Bicycles and notepads do not actively analyze and reduce people nor do they enable a surveilla…
> Do you not understand that I may feel uncomfortable if you've just scanned me and then use that data to try and strike up a conversation? Talk about making me feel like a product or mark. Do you feel uncomfortable about the fact that most of your friends don't even know your birthday date or phone number, and have both noted down somewhere (be it a phone or indirectly via profile info of your Facebook account)? Is…
And honestly, scanning from a distance is still incredible invasive.
You can be the "master of your eyes" but don't get offended if I or others think you're a creep. You may not be touching me but you're definitely noticeably staring. The rejection Google Glass actually gives me some faith in the decency of people, but you're probably right, society at large will adjust because the profit motive and law enforcement capabilities for this sort of technology are too great for them not to become entrenched by media and government interests. Personally I find it inhumane and repulsive, but I'm old fashioned like that. I prefer more organic human interactions, nuance, getting to actually know someone beyond a readout on a screen. I'm a private person in an increasingly public circus of society.