My current avatar is a photo of me (a very old one), but I'm pretty cautious about posting images of myself that could be used to identify me (one reason I'm sceptical of dating sites).

I started using the net in the late 1990s, mainly as an activist tool, and it's always blown my mind that people have been routinely living their private lives in public since about the mid-noughties. Clearly they haven't seen;

https://weliveinpublicthemovie.com/

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#documentary #WeLiveInPublic

We Live in Public: The Movie

Explore the captivating journey of "We Live in Public: The Movie," a groundbreaking documentary that delves into the fascinating world of internet pioneer Josh Harris.

We Live In Public

Everyone's talking about that turd-cam thing, but I haven't seen anyone mentioning Ondi Timoner's 2009 documentary "We Live In Public."

2009.

The live-in, underground performance space with cameras and microphones everywhere, broadcasting everything to everyone, also had a… you guessed it, turd cam.

The whole experiment and the thought behind it was quite amazing and it's an excellently made documentary. I saw it when it premiered at Sundance, but then it seems like it disappeared off the radar. Highly recommended if you can find a place to stream it. Here's the Wikipedia link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Live_in_Public

#TurdCam #Documentary #WeLiveInPublic

We Live in Public - Wikipedia

“I was looking back to see if you were looking back to see me looking back at you” – Massive Attack
#privacy #weliveinpublic #facialrecognition