Privacy, Oversharing and 'The Narrative Clip'

In addition to privacy considerations, there are concerns about the ubiquitousness of individuals recording the minutiae of everyday life to share on social media platforms.

Mashable’s associate editor of branded content, Dani Fankhauser, spent two weeks inconspicuously capturing photos of what was directly in front of her in 30 second intervals with a “new kind of photographic memory” called the Narrative Clip — a wearable camera about the size of an iPod.

“I wore it to a cocktail party, on a run, out to sushi, on a walk through Central Park and at my desk for a full workday,” wrote Fankhauser.

Despite technical glitches with lighting and positioning observed by Fankhauser, the social implications of taking one’s picture without their knowledge are far reaching.

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