For decades, privacy experts have been wary of snooping from space. They feared satellites powerful enough to zoom in on individuals, capturing close-ups that might differentiate adults from children or suited sunbathers from those in a state of nature.<\/p>\n
Now, quite suddenly, analysts say, a startup is building a new class of satellite whose cameras would, for the first time, do just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re acutely aware of the privacy implications,\u201d Topher Haddad, head of Albedo Space, the company making the new satellites, said in an interview. His company\u2019s technology will image people but not be able to identify them, he said. Albedo, Mr. Haddad added, was nonetheless taking administrative steps to address a wide range of privacy concerns.<\/p>\n
Anyone living in the modern world has grown familiar with diminishing privacy amid a surge security cameras, trackers built into smartphones, facial recognition systems, drones and other forms of digital monitoring. But what makes the overhead surveillance potentially scary, experts say, is its ability to invade areas once seen as intrinsically off limits.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n For decades, privacy experts have been wary of snooping from space. They feared satellites powerful enough to zoom in on individuals, capturing close-ups. Now, analysts say, a startup is building a new class of satellite whose cameras would do just that. https:\/\/t.co\/fDxPpUWTZZ<\/a><\/p>\n — The New York Times (@nytimes) February 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n