Google Glass. Threat to privacy?

m-jeri

m-jeri

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Hi.

I am a Google Glass Owner. Let's get that out of the way.

I was reading a news that Google Glass is being banned in movie theaters in UK. Co-incidentally, I was watching Transformers 4 yesterday and was wondering, Boy If I had the glass with me now. :).

It also does let me take pictures and videos incognito. But the glass is nothing but incognito. It sticks out like a sore thumb. People know it. Everywhere. And for those who don't, they stare at you. constantly. Then why the ruckus about this privacy? I feel the wearer will feel invaded more often. :D.

What do you think? Imagine wearing glass and riding a bus or train in India. :D


Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...to-be-banned-from-all-uk-cinemas-9570686.html
 
In India, at present may be only 1% of the population knows what is Google Glass. The rest 99% would take the wearer as a weirdo or a show-off or a person with disease. GG has a lot of potential but at least in our country, people will be abusing it more than using.

What do you think? Imagine wearing glass and riding a bus or train in India.
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In addition to groping women, pictures will be taken too
 
Still, my question is. Whose privacy is invaded? I feel the person who is wearing the glass will be stared at most.

All the paranoia about glass in media is relevant when Glass users are perverts. Who buys a 1500 item to take up-skirt pics of some girl in train or bus? Or is it like no pics of any type? Then look at the n number of photos of people in our photography section itself? DSLR users call it art. And what about the N no of security camera? So privacy invasion ok for security reasons?
 
m-jeri said:
Still, my question is. Whose privacy is invaded? I feel the person who is wearing the glass will be stared at most.

All the paranoia about glass in media is relevant when Glass users are perverts. Who buys a 1500 item to take up-skirt pics of some girl in train or bus? Or is it like no pics of any type? Then look at the n number of photos of people in our photography section itself? DSLR users call it art. And what about the N no of security camera? So privacy invasion ok for security reasons?
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Came across a good read here, though did not agree with some points mentioned there.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-06/30/android-wear-and-google-glass

As for price, GG is still in beta and not consumer ready. When it becomes ready (if at all) then the price would come down a lot. May be in the range of $200-400 and will then be available to a lot of people and not within an exclusive community.

For me personally, two things would stand out - Navigation and the use of camera
 
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