The possibility of cheap video surveillance
Should you (friend, countryman, passerby) see me trying to throw myself down from a really high place (bridge, tower, towering cliff), please attach me to the ground with huge weights. for as long as necessary. Just watching some video sent in by BASE jumpers. Crazy is as crazy does.
I’m not sure if I did really stupid stuff as a youth. Everything is relative, of course. In my defense, I have not broken any bones of importance, and my insurance agent has not called back to say that my earlier exploits inhibit his employer’s ability to take my money. All good, so far. I refuse to judge my children, or their friends. Acquaintances; perhaps. And if the industry of head-mounted miniature video cameras had existed back when my hair was darker, I might have been braver. After all, bragging rights come from your own YouTube channel.
On to other fun toys. How about those personal drone helicopters? $300 and the neighbour’s hedge is no longer a screen. I’ve watched some of the videos posted online, and I can see where it could be “fun” to fly (in the virtual sense). Actualité magazine has an article this month about the increased drone traffic. Governments love such toys. Let me rephrase that: governments love such toys for surveillance.
And that’s where it gets ‘creepy’. No law restricts the use of such technology (for governmental reasons). You mileage as Joe Public will probably vary. Best to watch the wild animals, rather than the wild neighbours. For now, I’m going to rely on YouTube for my cheap thrills.
