An interesting factor that no one seems to have addressed fully (gpeddle and GVK alluded to this) is that for the most part the trust would be implicit, so would people actually check up? If they do then in actuality your society would take on more paranoid tendencies (constantly checking up on people makes you feel paranoid, even if you weren't paranoid before you started - to see what I mean go for a walk and just check over your shoulder every minute or two).

On the other hand if people do not bother how is that different from today? I would have to have some reason to suspect you in order to actually investigate, so most of the time I would just take you at your word.

If the technology yielded more of a viral video effect then people would become more sedentary across the board as they waste even more time than they do today, meaning that the vast majority of the public would simply be monitored by advertisers and governments (if I know my kids are sat on the couch next to me watching Old Mrs. Potts down the road, why would I have drones watching them).

Of course how are modesty and things like nudity and sex dealt with? Do the drones provide proactive blurring of inappropriate bits that we would consider offensive? If so can you use that to commit crimes (if I am at an orgy and everything is blurred, can you tell I committed the crime)? If auto-blur is not used, then society would have to face those issues and accept them, so there would likely be more acceptance and less shame.

A couple of people noted that certain crimes would be less likely to occur, but it is equally likely that those crimes would increase (assault was mentioned - some people like watching assault of any kind occur and would be happy to sit an observe it without raising an alert), especially if the criminals get a large fan following.

One final note - if the advances are sudden and a large part of the population is offended or objects you could have a greater push to leave Earth for more "privacy friendly" locations in space, effectively splitting humanity into two factions.

An interesting factor that no one seems to have addressed fully (gpeddle and DVK alluded to this) is that for the most part the trust would be implicit, so would people actually check up? If they do then in actuality your society would take on more paranoid tendencies (constantly checking up on people makes you feel paranoid, even if you weren't paranoid before you started - to see what I mean go for a walk and just check over your shoulder every minute or two).

On the other hand if people do not bother how is that different from today? I would have to have some reason to suspect you in order to actually investigate, so most of the time I would just take you at your word.

If the technology yielded more of a viral video effect then people would become more sedentary across the board as they waste even more time than they do today, meaning that the vast majority of the public would simply be monitored by advertisers and governments (if I know my kids are sat on the couch next to me watching Old Mrs. Potts down the road, why would I have drones watching them).

Of course how are modesty and things like nudity and sex dealt with? Do the drones provide proactive blurring of inappropriate bits that we would consider offensive? If so can you use that to commit crimes (if I am at an orgy and everything is blurred, can you tell I committed the crime)? If auto-blur is not used, then society would have to face those issues and accept them, so there would likely be more acceptance and less shame.

A couple of people noted that certain crimes would be less likely to occur, but it is equally likely that those crimes would increase (assault was mentioned - some people like watching assault of any kind occur and would be happy to sit an observe it without raising an alert), especially if the criminals get a large fan following.

One final note - if the advances are sudden and a large part of the population is offended or objects you could have a greater push to leave Earth for more "privacy friendly" locations in space, effectively splitting humanity into two factions.