Should we be afraid of Web 2.0?

Should we be afraid of Web 2.0?

Stephen Fry (Author and Broadcaster) gives expert video advice on: What excites you about the way technology is evolving? and more...

The things you can do with Web 2.0 are astonishing because there is no reason why anybody with a computer and a little camera or a major serious camera which all can attach to computers these days can't themselves contribute. And that's a strange feeling and a lot of people are quite nervous about it, if not afraid. Obviously because they think, "that camera's on my computer and I go to the settings with the flash player and it immediately can see me, so does that mean that everybody on the Web can see me all the time?" It's a legitimate question to be afraid of! So people get a bit nervous about it, "oh, I'll unplug it", you know. There are all kinds of issues and fears as yet undreamt of, that will emerge, in terms of personal privacy for example and all the other big ethical issues.