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This concept is useless because it relies on an honor system. It should be painfully obvious by now, that honor systems cannot be trusted to preserve privacy.
by negativity 12y ago
This concept is useless because it relies on an honor system. It should be painfully obvious by now, that honor systems cannot be trusted to preserve privacy.
Google Glass is the Crystal Pepsi of the internet. It's only interesting in that it represents a definite violation of ordinary, common, everyday privacy, but stands out as one boundary that certain interested parties are determined to invade.
- XorNot 12y ago...uh no? If the camera is physically not pointed at you, it can't record you. It's clear and concise. EDIT: My exact thought on this subject has been that the camera needs a mechanical shutter. But I'd say thinking of Glass like sunglasses is probably also the way to go - a way to "take it off" without having to take them off (i.e. like when you put your sunglasses on your heard to talk to someone indoors).
- tritium 12y agoI think the failure of this idea starts with the assumption that it's perfectly reasonable to have a trigger-happy camera constantly at the ready, strapped to your forehead, "just in case" but "trust us because we swear we won't point it at you in your most compromised, yet entertaining moment" only everyone else.
- andrewflnr 12y agoIt can still record sound, which may be just as significant in the right (or wrong) circumstances.
- lallysingh 12y agoHow's that different from someone who's holding a cellphone not taking photos of you?
- pigDisgusting 12y agoEqually obnoxious and unnerving.
- Karunamon 12y agoAnd yet lacking the insane, uninformed backlash that Glass is getting.
- pigDisgusting 12y agoBecause cell phones are discrete fashionable accessories that serve as status symbols displaying varying wealth and disposable income, while Google Glass is a lopsided glowing deformity on the side of your head.
- lallysingh 12y agoI donno. Add some options for racing strips, a hello kitty theme, some godawful gold stipple (a Dalek fashion, but popular), or whatever, and suddenly people will love it. Remember how popular the iMac (~1999) was when they started adding colors and patterns to the outside?
- lotu 12y agoCellphone cameras had the exact same backlash when they first started showing up.
- threeseed 12y agoCan we actually be serious here ? How many situations have you seen where someone is at a party constantly holding their phone in the air for hours on end. Never. And if someone was I am quite sure they would be treated equally as suspicious. Google Glass is more akin to someone wearing a GoPro to a party the whole night. Not someone who pulls their phone out of the pocket for a minute or two.