Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday 20 September 2017

Wherefore Art Thou, O Romeo ?



If Shri B N SriKrishna , heading the Committee on drafting the Data Protection Law , was to read the following news ( source : Eco Times / 19 sept ) , he might cry out :


Wherefore  Art Thou , O  Privacy  ?



A company called Ubiquiti Labs has come out with a fancy looking 2 “ round pendant ( named FrontRow ) , meant to be worn with a lanyard around the neck



It has 2 cameras ; 8 megapixel that faces the World and a 5 megapixel that points towards your body



This light weight and sleek pendant can take photos and videos ( 1080p ) – as you walk around in a garden or in a roomful of people - and live-stream to Facebook, Twitter and Youtube , via Bluetooth or Wi Fi , and has 50 hours of standby battery life , which you can charge via USB



I am sure , it is only a matter of time before  FrontRow  can connect up with latest Apple Smart Watch , which carries e-SIM and does not require you to carry your mobile in your pocket , in order to make / receive calls



And how long before  FrontRow  connects up with your Augumented Reality ( AR ) headset ? Or face recognition feature of iPhone X  ?



And pre-loaded with Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligent face recognition app “ Seeing AI “ ?



And preloaded with your Aadhar Card ID or with Google’s just released Mobile Wallet app . Tez  ?

The “ and “ are endless  !



Just ask those thousands of Chinese hardware enthusiasts and Indian software geeks who must have thought of all of these possibilities before I did !



Will that proposed Data Protection Law tell girls around the World :



“ Sorry !  You cannot wear  FrontRow  around your neck or as a tiara on your forehead “



Do not be surprised if those geeks have anticipated just such a possibility and started morphing  FrontRow  into a tattoo patch called “ ShingarBindi “ 

!

Scott McNally ( one time CEO of Sun Micro ) had seen this future and said :



“ Privacy is dead . Period . Get over it “




20  Sept  2017








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