The kind of punishment a government can give you is fundamentally different from the kind of punishment that the spread of information can give you.
If you haven't done anything to betray their employer relationships, personal relationships etc, yet the knowledge of what you've done in public jeopardizes those relationships, then those relationships were probably founded on bogus expectations.
I expect those expectations to change as this collaborative surveillance thing eventually fills every public space. Employers will eventually have to figure out that firing employees for what they do off-duty is not good for the company, because it destroys employee morale and loyalty. Spouses will eventually have to figure out that they both enjoy getting drunk and flirting with a stranger sometimes because it's fun, and that maybe facing that head-on and establishing fair expectations together is healthier than the more usual denial and downplay.
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politicartoons2009-10-17 07:42 pm
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If you haven't done anything to betray their employer relationships, personal relationships etc, yet the knowledge of what you've done in public jeopardizes those relationships, then those relationships were probably founded on bogus expectations.
I expect those expectations to change as this collaborative surveillance thing eventually fills every public space. Employers will eventually have to figure out that firing employees for what they do off-duty is not good for the company, because it destroys employee morale and loyalty. Spouses will eventually have to figure out that they both enjoy getting drunk and flirting with a stranger sometimes because it's fun, and that maybe facing that head-on and establishing fair expectations together is healthier than the more usual denial and downplay.