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brin_bellway) wrote2020-02-16 10:59 am
brin_bellway) wrote2020-02-16 10:59 am
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[cw: amnesia, arguably abuse]
[University of Chicago; Wayback] (by Chen et al; h/t Dad)
Dad sent this to me with the email title "Another battle in the war on assistive technology". I replied:
"*long sigh*
I suspect that, just as with facial recognition {{link}}, the workarounds and patches that our corporate and government overlords come up with for this will not trickle down to the common folk who need them. Although common folk *could* arrange for lip-reading camera glasses *if* they knew it to be worth the expense (not just the glasses themselves, but the storage for all that video) and hassle (especially hassling for people who already wear glasses)."
I feel about this pretty much the same way I feel about Pillowfort: I get why people want this, but also this is a gaslighter's dream come true (and an archivist's nightmare). Recording jammers aren't just a problem for Alexa, they're a problem for anyone who ever needs to prove what someone said, and for anyone whose memory isn't as good as they would like and who has decided to do something about that.
(And I use "not as good as they would like" rather than "bad" deliberately. If having a merely normal memory pains you deep in your soul, I stand with you. (as well I should, given that I *am* you) But counterarguments aimed at the general public should probably focus on people with poor memories to appeal to the cishumanist crowd.)
[University of Chicago; Wayback] (by Chen et al; h/t Dad)
Dad sent this to me with the email title "Another battle in the war on assistive technology". I replied:
"*long sigh*
I suspect that, just as with facial recognition {{link}}, the workarounds and patches that our corporate and government overlords come up with for this will not trickle down to the common folk who need them. Although common folk *could* arrange for lip-reading camera glasses *if* they knew it to be worth the expense (not just the glasses themselves, but the storage for all that video) and hassle (especially hassling for people who already wear glasses)."
I feel about this pretty much the same way I feel about Pillowfort: I get why people want this, but also this is a gaslighter's dream come true (and an archivist's nightmare). Recording jammers aren't just a problem for Alexa, they're a problem for anyone who ever needs to prove what someone said, and for anyone whose memory isn't as good as they would like and who has decided to do something about that.
(And I use "not as good as they would like" rather than "bad" deliberately. If having a merely normal memory pains you deep in your soul, I stand with you. (as well I should, given that I *am* you) But counterarguments aimed at the general public should probably focus on people with poor memories to appeal to the cishumanist crowd.)