Google glass?

[thathelperguy]

...is it an invasion of privacy just because it has a camera on it and you may or may not know that you are actually being recorded? With the cameras we have now (i.e. phones, security, web cams, etc.) you pretty much know when you're being recorded especially if you see someone holding up their phone and pointing it in your direction. With google glass, it has the camera on the side of the headset, so it's more difficult to tell, so is that an invasion of privacy in public or at home (if a family member has one in your home and you don't know for sure if they're recording you)?

[Gamma Male]

I couldn't care less if I'm being filmed when out in public. Why does it affect me?

[thathelperguy]

What if it's posted online without your permission?

[Harry Smith]

What if it's posted online without your permission?

Everything these days is posted online without our permission, I mean tech companies have being doing it for the last 20 years

[Gamma Male]

What if it's posted online without your permission?

You mean, what if a video of me walking around in public was posted online? For what purpose exactly? Its not like they're using the glasses to film me nude or stalk me.

[thathelperguy]

guess that's true, but there are privacy groups who aren't too happy with the fact that people can use google glass to film someone without their knowledge. Just wondering if anyone on here felt the same.

[Haydenn3]

I think Google glass is a fantastic product and if your worried about a stupid 3megapixels or whatever it is when there are billions of cctv cameras with a much better picture all over the world :)

[Gamma Male]

As a civil libertarian, I definitely understand where they're coming from. But seeing as it's prettymuch impossible to know for sure if you're being filmed when out in public these days I don't really see the point in discussing it. Technology like this is inevitable, and as long as the filming of you only happens when you're in public and your actions are visible to everyone anyway, and the footage isn't in any way used against you it shouldn't be a problem. And it isn't an invasion of privacy because when you're in public, whatever you're doing is visible to everyone around you anyway, so your actions aren't private. They're public. Now, if someone were to install cameras in your house or record a private conversation between you and a friend, then that's a different story.

[thathelperguy]

. Now, if someone were to install cameras in your house or record a private conversation between you and a friend, then that's a different story.

I know this is far fetched, but what if they're sitting in the same room as you and they use google glass to record you? Do the same rules apply? Why or why not in your opinion?

[Thatcarguy]

Its not illegal to be recorded in public so theres nothing you can do.

[Gamma Male]

I know this is far fetched, but what if they're sitting in the same room as you and they use google glass to record you? Do the same rules apply? Why or why not in your opinion?

IMO If its in your house, you can ask them to take them off. If it's in their house, they have every right to record you. And if it's at a friends house, it's his decision whether or not to allow cameras.

[Stronger]

This guy who comes in my job every so often has them, he took my picture with a co-worker, seems fine to me, I mean if he wants to record me trying not to scream at customers he can be my guest, lol.

[thathelperguy]

I think Google glass is a fantastic product and if your worried about a stupid 3megapixels or whatever it is when there are billions of cctv cameras with a much better picture all over the world :)

Just wondering if you read my op cuz I mentioned cctv cams there. They're more blatant and obvious that you're being recorded, google glass isn't so much cuz u can't really tell if they're recording or not, so I guess my question is...is there a different comfort level with google glass vs cctv phone cams, etc.?

[Korashk]

From a legal standpoint in most states you have no expectation of privacy in public areas, and you definitely don't have one from a practical standpoint. In your home you can just tell them to not record you and sue them if they do.

[CharlieHorse]

honestly I don't care.
I see some people with the google glass in my city downtown. just a bunch of rich showoffs. They don't even use it. It's just a statement.

[ksdnfkfr]

I'm afraid to leave my house now.

[CharlieHorse]

I'm afraid to leave my house now.

Ez, the dammed thing costs 1500 bucks and it's really obvious when people wear it.
Don't worry ;)

[ksdnfkfr]

Ez, the dammed thing costs 1500 bucks and it's really obvious when people wear it.
Don't worry ;)

I was at Taco Bell the other day. Same one I've been in for years. For the first time I happened to look around at the ceiling more and noticed there was one of those little camera bubbles right across from me. I bet it's like the ten thousandth time I've sat next to a little camera bubble in my life.

[thathelperguy]

Ez, the dammed thing costs 1500 bucks and it's really obvious when people wear it.
Don't worry ;)

He's right Ezra. As far as cctv cams go, they're almost everywhere now...not just taco bell, so I guess that just means we shouldn't do something in public we might regret later cuz it might end up online sum where

[ksdnfkfr]

He's right Ezra. As far as cctv cams go, they're almost everywhere now...not just taco bell, so I guess that just means we shouldn't do something in public we might regret later cuz it might end up online sum where

What I truly fear is that I will end up as a meme. Or worse yet, a meme that becomes someone's avatar.

[phuckphace]

$1,500 for a useless, gimmicky invention that serves no practical purpose? I'LL TAKE 10 THANKS SO MUCH MR. SCHMIDT.

this reminds me of the Bluetooth earpiece fad a few years back. every other retard was walking around murmuring to themselves like a schizo with an obnoxious flashing blue LED hanging off their ear. oh no, we can't just hold the phone up to our ear like normal people, we need to pay $60+ so we can keep it in our pocket (while actually doing nothing else with our hands that would make "hands free" a necessity!!)

GGlass is just one example of some of the retarded shit you end up with when you have a massive population of consumer sheep who will throw their money away on literally anything, and need very little convincing to do so. Google knows this and is going to fleece them for all they're worth. I personally am looking forward to hearing about Glasshats getting punched for filming someone without their permission

[backjruton]

What I truly fear is that I will end up as a meme. Or worse yet, a meme that becomes someone's avatar.

Haha, same, because from what some people have told me I look quite funny when I'm walking down the hill and it'd be just like someone to make that into something funnier :lol:

I was at Taco Bell the other day. Same one I've been in for years. For the first time I happened to look around at the ceiling more and noticed there was one of those little camera bubbles right across from me. I bet it's like the ten thousandth time I've sat next to a little camera bubble in my life.

Had the camera bubbles in school too. Didn't notice them for 2 years or so, I thought they were fire alarms ... I don't think I've seen them in college; but then again I'm mostly in the same 3/4 rooms and I never really go anywhere else so I can't be quite sure on that, I just don't think I've seen them in the classroom. It just seemed really horrible and annoying to think that someone could be watching me but in a way they're only for safety too, both me and my brother had problems in the tennis courts around the school at one time or another and when we both reported what had happened to us they used what they saw on the cameras as evidence to see that these people were actually being a problem.

And to make things even worse the teachers tried to stop me staying with some better friends just because they were 2 years younger than me; I didn't have any problems in year 10 and 11 but I just felt happier when I was with them because I'd known one of them for much longer than I'd known anyone in my yeargroup and so I felt much more confident too I guess, or just that I didn't have to contain myself and I could act like an idiot as they actually bit people so they weren't too "normal" by anyone's standards either :D

I think Google glass is a fantastic product and if your worried about a stupid 3megapixels or whatever it is when there are billions of cctv cameras with a much better picture all over the world :)

My thoughts exactly... I hate the thought of some creep sat at a computer doing this:
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0y90d8itR1r1onmy.gif
I know CCTV cameras aren't exactly like this but I just find it so funny to think of. CCTV seem like they're more for people's safety, yet google glass could potentially be quite the opposite. And they'll probably soon regret it anyway when people start buying them so they can go bang someone and film it in extremely good quality without the need of a camera crew. Just imagine the views you would get from that... :rolleyes:

What if it's posted online without your permission?

Well... this is something I think of a lot but at least if it's on facebook and someone tags you in it you can stop it with privacy settings or ask the facebook staff to take it down. It's just if it's uploaded somewhere else that it can become a problem. On my facebook I think I have most of the privacy settings used, so it's quite hard for people I don't know to find out stuff about me unlike most people from my school or college I haven't bothered to add, although I've accepted at least 35-50 people I don't know and possibly 100 just from having mutual friends so I can't be too sure on that one.

Well, yea it may invade our privacy a little but they are pretty obvious when people wear them.
And theyr relase date was yesterday, so i don't think everyone has a pair of them

True but people will and that's when it will become a problem :kitty:

I hate the thought of being recorded even on CCTV because of recent problems with insecurity and I'm finding it hard to trust people. I already don't walk up the hill on the way to college because I know how stupid I look when I'm walking, especially because I always seem to have a bulge for some reason, and I don't really want to stop walking down on Wednesdays and Thursdays because I buy food on those days and someone like me really needs the slight exercise (:P) but if I know I'm being recorded I won't want to do that, it's a problem enough knowing that people watch the security cameras. I know the glasses will be visible but all I can do is make hand signals, I feel extremely awkward talking to strangers and wouldn't even want to approach them even if they were invading my privacy - so I wouldn't be very likely to ask someone to turn their glasses off and that could become a problem if I look stupid while walking. :(

[Typhlosion]

I don't understand why people fear so much in being recorded. If everything you do is legal, there is no worry to be spied on by a third party.

Inside your house, king of your castle.

[ksdnfkfr]

I don't why something like this is new and costs so much. It's something I would expect to be an expensive innovative fad like 10 years ago.

[Plane And Simple]

I don't care if I am being filmed or not, honestly.

[plebble]

No it's not an invasion of privacy, as creepy as it sounds to record strangers, it's not illegal. People have the right to record what they wish. I don't entirely agree with it, but it's the direction that technology is progressing. Just don't do anything weird in front of someone who's got Google Glass :P

$1,500 for a useless, gimmicky invention that serves no practical purpose? I'LL TAKE 10 THANKS SO MUCH MR. SCHMIDT.

this reminds me of the Bluetooth earpiece fad a few years back. every other retard was walking around murmuring to themselves like a schizo with an obnoxious flashing blue LED hanging off their ear. oh no, we can't just hold the phone up to our ear like normal people, we need to pay $60+ so we can keep it in our pocket (while actually doing nothing else with our hands that would make "hands free" a necessity!!)

GGlass is just one example of some of the retarded shit you end up with when you have a massive population of consumer sheep who will throw their money away on literally anything, and need very little convincing to do so. Google knows this and is going to fleece them for all they're worth. I personally am looking forward to hearing about Glasshats getting punched for filming someone without their permission

It's not useless, it's a great invention that shows how far artifical intelligence has come. It means you no longer have to press buttons of use a screen (you can if you wish by connecting it to another device) but it shows how good our voice recognition is now. It also requires almost no effort to actually do everything.

[Mikedamaniak]

I could see how this could become another popular controversial issue. It's quite ridiculous really. Maybe we should also get rid of flashing lights on emergency vehicles because they could cause seizures and violate the rights of those at risk.

[Canadian Dream]

Google actually made a video about "glassholes" after they realized privacy was gonna be a problem. I don't think they should release the product because many people are start complaining soon enough.