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[ NNSquad ] Upcoming G+ "Hangout On Air" video discussions: CISPA, Google Privacy, More
Upcoming G+ "Hangout On Air" video discussions: CISPA, Google Privacy, More http://j.mp/JFquNB (This message on Google+) - - - You may recall some months ago when I experimented with the Google+ video conferencing "Hangout" system to conduct a discussion of identity related issues. While this was successful, the technical limitations of the ad hoc and necessarily complex mechanism I used to preserve the discussion for later YouTube viewing discouraged me from another round. Until now. Google is in the process of deploying their "Hangout On Air" (HOA) live broadcasting system to Google+ users generally. While the active participants in a Hangout are still limited to 10 (admittedly, many more could become unwieldy quickly), HOAs permit for the live streaming of the video discussion to essentially an unlimited number of viewers, both in real-time, and for later viewing via an integrally recorded YouTube copy of the HOA. These can be viewed either through G+ or YouTube. Viewing either the live stream or archived copy of an HOA via YouTube does not require an account or login. Obviously, it is virtually impossible to overstate the likely impact of this capability to stream live, for free, to the entire world. My testing of HOA so far has been extremely positive, and I'm planning to resume my topical discussion sessions as soon as practicable. Suggestions for early topics have so far included the controversial CISPA cybersecurity legislation, Google privacy practices, the latest antitrust allegations against Microsoft, and more. If you have other ideas for topics, or if you wish to participate directly in a serious, on-topic HOA discussion related to such issues, please let me know. I'll announce specific HOA sessions as they're scheduled. Thanks. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad