Privacy Is History - Get Over It (01 Feb 1996)
In a decade, you'll never know the cameras are there. Those with access to them will have devastating advantages. The only alternative is to give the birdlike power of sight to everybody. Make the inevitable cameras accessible so anyone can check traffic at First and Main, look for a lost kid, or supervise Officer McGillicudy walking his beat. Only this way will the powerful have just as much - or little - privacy as the rest of us.
Article URL: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.02/brin.html
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