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IDR Team Summary 3: Define the trajectory, value, and risk of Extreme Lifelogging when nearly everything about a person is in Cyberspace.
IDR Team Summary 3: Define the trajectory, value, and risk of Extreme Lifelogging when nearly everything about a person is in Cyberspace.
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A log that includes GPS encoding, near-field interactions with devices, pointers to pictures we've taken, or videos we've recorded begins to approach the fidelity of a lifelog with a potential to serve as a lifelong complement to our internal memory and our digital selves. This lifetime log is the basis for the creation of under standing and stories.
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How much can a person's eMemory help that person in the event of declining function including various neurological diseases? What are the costs to store my cyberself forever?
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Blackwell, George Mason University • Chris Forsythe, Sandia National Laboratories • Robert A Greenes, Arizona State University • Cathal Gurrin, Dublin City University • Ning Lu, North Carolina State University • Ashley Taylor, New York University • Anthony D
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m Moreover, they go beyond Bell's definition by including other dimensions of data about the individual beyond experiences seen and heard, such as movement, location, body function, and interactions with other people or the environment. Two types of lifelogging devices are lifelogging cameras, which are worn around the neck and take photos automatically, and hightech pedometers that automatically sync to phones and USB drives.
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However, the software for extracting useful information from lifelog data is limited. The software to tag and search images recorded by lifelogging cameras remains in the research stages.
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The question is whether people will choose to collect minutely detailed data about themselves, and if they do, how they will use the information Potential downsides of extreme lifelogging A digital life log could give a false sense of completeness. Though a lifelogging camera will record one's external experiences in great detail, it does not capture one's emotional reactions.
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Theoretically, aggregation of extreme lifelogging data about exercise combined with records of heart attacks could produce evidence in support of such a correlation, and the more data went into it, the more specific the correlation would be. Yet even if aggregate lifelogging data suggested that a person who exercised regularly had a lower chance of a heart attack, that wouldn't change the fact that anyone could have a heart attack at any time.
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For example, the IDR Team thought it would be important to develop laws to prohibit employers and insurers from discriminating against people based on lifelog data, analogous to a 2008 law prohibiting them from discriminating based on genetic data, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. In order to develop these regulations, the IDR Team proposed a conference where participants would develop a Consumer Bill of Rights for lifeloggers.
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Finally, time will tell if people will act on the information gathered from lifelogging. An outstanding question is what happens to the data when people die, something that's an issue today and will be a larger one as people leave larger digital traces.
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