Bruce Schneier, security guru weighs in on the large number of photography-related "security" stories of late.
Given that real terrorists, and even wannabe terrorists, don’t seem to photograph anything, why is it such pervasive conventional wisdom that terrorists photograph their targets? Why are our fears so great that we have no choice but to be suspicious of any photographer? Because it’s a movie-plot threat.
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “The War on Photography”
Perhaps it’s only another movie subplot that I’m compelled to point out that terrorists only have to see the images, they don’t have to take them. All those hi-res photos we’re posting on flickr? We’re doing the terrorists’ job for them. [cue ridiculously ominous music]
Yes, I definitely get funny looks, and not just cause my camera is a big one. Worrisome.
Perhaps it’s only another movie subplot that I’m compelled to point out that terrorists only have to see the images, they don’t have to take them. All those hi-res photos we’re posting on flickr? We’re doing the terrorists’ job for them. [cue ridiculously ominous music]
Yes, I definitely get funny looks, and not just cause my camera is a big one. Worrisome.