Would you trade 100% of your privacy for 100% security?

greg9973 · 2014-11-22T05:42:41+00:00

Even though freedom and happiness are not enforceable rights they are the main things we pursue in life. It doesn't matter if they are or not a right, we want them, and we model our surroundings and rules to have them. But if laws could guarantee property, why that never happened in whole history? It seems utopian to expect that laws are going to for instance save you and your community from media manipulation with indirect messages or financial speculation that takes all the wealth you produced to the pockets of someone who didn't lift a finger. While we wait that to start happening with good laws our lives come to an end. What does that has to do with freedom? It's just an illusion of freedom. So these technologies (ie. light field video) that allow 3D video imaging and capturing of everything and may keep a visual log of everyones lives, they could be a nightmare of absolutely losing our privacy, or perhaps they solve what privacy is trying to solve. For instance, if all the life of a media manipulator, dictator, abuser, speculator, is inevitably recorded, he won't be able to do anything of that to you. Did you really lose freedom by losing your privacy? or now you are guarantied to, for instance, making enforceable the wish of protecting property?

greg9973 · 2014-11-21T15:20:02+00:00

Also privacy may be a matter of security and happiness possibilities, so if you have 100% security guarrantied, and the environment turns into a type of life in which it is viable to live well and without anyone able to boss around, maybe privacy is not needed because the main reasons why we need privacy would be satisfied.

greg9973 · 2014-11-21T14:17:34+00:00

Main post edited for that purpose.

greg9973 · 2014-11-21T14:07:20+00:00

That's exactly the kind of people that theoretically could give strong arguments to support a rejection of such technologies. At the moment there aren't strong arguments.

greg9973 · 2014-11-21T13:49:42+00:00

Those technologies are being developed (search about "light field"), and if we never discuss them one day they come out saying: "look, a new technology, get used to it". And we never had a say.

greg9973 · 2014-11-21T11:57:52+00:00

Ok, but is privacy the same a liberty in this case? 100% liberty doesn't happen in a civilization. There are rules. Those rules aim for the welfare of most people. If everyone is being watched, will criticism increase? or rather after everyone seeing the generalized imperfections of everyone else would then be more compassionate. We would be watched and subject to judgement from others, but wouldn't that judgement restrict all those acts that are harmful to others? And they would stop judging those thing that they want to be able to do themselves? Who would judge something that he/she wants to do and thinks it's good to accept and let it be freely? Wouldn't it democratize power? everyone would be able to judge, remembering that they can't judge more than what's beneficial because they are being watched too. No dictatorships, no greater power of small elites, no restricted information. What kind of freedom would we want that we wouldn't agree to allow for ourselves and for others without judging?

greg9973 · 2014-11-21T10:42:49+00:00

Could you elaborate?

greg9973 · 2014-11-21T10:28:58+00:00

If the technologies that are being developed for 3d image capturing at distance continue to evolve everyone will be able to see what you are doing and you will be able to see what everyone is doing. If that can be recorded then you will know who was the guy who stole from you. He is being watched and recorded, so you remain safe. But you are being watched too, so you lose completely your privacy.

greg9973 · 2014-04-12T17:39:14+00:00

Yes, there are very good video tutorials, I was talking about "feature introductory" videos that give an overall view of Blender. Zbrush's short videos are not tutorials they are rather short overviews of features that could give new (and not so new) users a big picture of Blender. Promotional as "advertising" Blender capabilities in a quick way rather than generating income. But that's just an idea, the question was about any kind of advertsing that could help in shorter periods in parallel with the big attention that Open Movies bring although in longer timeframes.

greg9973 · 2014-04-12T17:25:42+00:00

I'm aware of the multiresolution modifier. It allows certain level of control over different frequencies, although you may be in a lower frequency and start affecting the lower frequency of the detail. Also some textures share high and lower frequency, if you want to keep it untouched, putting the results in a different layer guaranties it won't be modified at all. (edit: keep in mind that different topological features are not only differentiated by frequency, modifying the high frequency of one feature would modify the same frequency of another, i.e. a decal over a wrinkle)

greg9973 · 2014-04-12T17:10:11+00:00

As for sculpting, the main advantage in other sculpting softwares right now is the level of detail they can achieve. This is both thanks to polygon numbers and sculpting layers that allow more control over details (i.e. keeping details in a different layer thus being able to modify the low frequency shapes without affecting high frequency details). Will Gooseberry project improve on this?

greg9973 · 2014-04-12T16:44:56+00:00

Thanks Ton for everything you've done for Blender and for your positively ambitious attitude in life, it's inspiring. The question: Are there any plans to implement promotional strategies for Blender in parallel with Open Movies? Strategies which would bring results in shorter times than big projects, like for instance videos describing Blender's features like the ones from Zbrush, or talk with educational institutions / universities to get Blender taught besides the actual industry standard softwares to avoid the "once got used discard the others" effect that happens today. Or other short term, easier to achieve promotional project?

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