Resumen
The article focuses on the impact of technology on society and the world in general. Some technologies can impact global events and society in unexpected ways, and the risks they present to the status quo may be surprising to the technologists who create them and the firms that market them. Digital cameras have special attributes that make them far more than mere tourist accessories, and can result in qualitative differences from their film-based cousins. The expanding exposures of Iraqi prisoner abuse and torture are a case in point. If digital cameras did not exist, it's unlikely the photos and movies that triggered this firestorm would have been created in such quantity and explicit detail. Like most other technologies, digital cameras are merely tools--to be used for good or ill. They are capable of being used to invade individuals' privacy in devastating ways, with cell-phone cameras now a particular focus of concerns, given their wireless connectivity capable of rapid photo transmissions