Re: [57north-discuss] Getting Rid of Creepy Cam

2015-03-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
Just to complete this thread: the webcam has now been unplugged for a while. At some point I might get round to stopping the daemon that tells you the webcam is unplugged (and might even tidy up the page on the website that serves that up). There are still vague plans (others may have definite

Re: [57north-discuss] Getting Rid of Creepy Cam

2015-01-14 Thread Andrea Faulds
Hey Tom, On 13 Jan 2015, at 11:06, Tom Jones jo...@sdf.org wrote: I have always felt uncomfortable with the camera being on all the time in the space. Coming from CCC and Germany I think we are too forgiving with constant surveillance in this country. Yeah, it is kinda creepy.

Re: [57north-discuss] Getting Rid of Creepy Cam

2015-01-14 Thread Iain R. Learmonth
Hi, On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:06:45AM +, Tom Jones wrote: I have always felt uncomfortable with the camera being on all the time in the space. Coming from CCC and Germany I think we are too forgiving with constant surveillance in this country. I agree that the webcam should be removed.

Re: [57north-discuss] Getting Rid of Creepy Cam

2015-01-14 Thread Tom Jones
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 04:09:56PM +, Edward Watson wrote: On 14 Jan 2015 15:41, Iain R. Learmonth i...@fsfe.org wrote: If anyone has a reason that they would like to keep the webcam in the space, this should be discussed here so that we can reach an arrangement that works for

Re: [57north-discuss] Getting Rid of Creepy Cam

2015-01-14 Thread Edward Watson
On 14 Jan 2015 16:11, Tom Jones jo...@sdf.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 04:09:56PM +, Edward Watson wrote: Maybe plan to retain 'something' in the space for quick-use streaming/recording of nominated future talks? I know I've missed some. I think talks are a different matter,

Re: [57north-discuss] Getting Rid of Creepy Cam

2015-01-14 Thread Tom Jones
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 05:09:46PM +, Tony Travis wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 14/01/15 15:41, Iain R. Learmonth wrote: [...] I believe this to be a strong enough reason to remove the webcam from the hackerspace. If anyone has a reason that they would like