[109096] in Cypherpunks
Transparent Society. [Was: RE: Someone taking photos of my house
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Trei, Peter)
Wed Mar 10 09:54:48 1999
From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@securitydynamics.com>
To: "'Robert Hettinga'" <rah@shipwright.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:46:21 -0500
Reply-To: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@securitydynamics.com>
Bob (or anyone)
Can you give the name and publication date of the C. Platt
story?
Years ago (I think in the late 70's) I read a story in one
of the pulps (probably F&SF) of a society with ubiquitous
surveillance - cameras were everywhere, and anyone could
access any camera at any time at public terminals -. It
made quite an impression on me at the time, as a dystopia.
Brin's ideas seem pulled directly from this story, and I'd
love to find the original.
Peter Trei
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Hettinga [SMTP:rah@shipwright.com]
>
> At 9:25 PM -0500 on 3/9/99, Tim May wrote:
>
>
> > I really do dislike Brin, as should surprise nobody here. I dislike him
> > even more for his comments on various mailing lists, and for his
> sloppiness
> > in giving credit on certain ideas and thought experiments he develops in
> > his book.
>
> Including the ubiquitous surviellance idea, which he stole from Charlie
> Platt (speak of the devil :-))
>
> Cheers,
> RAH
> -----------------
> Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com>
>
