Posted on 05/26/2013 5:47:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Last year, after Google unveiled its wearable computer, I had a brief opportunity to test it and was awe-struck by the potential of this technology.
A few months later, at a work-related party, I saw several people wearing Glass, their cameras hovering above their eyes as we talked. I was startled by how much Glass invades people’s privacy, leaving them two choices: stare at a camera that is constantly staring back at them, or leave the room. ... Apple is also working on wearable computing products, filing numerous patents for a “heads-up display” and camera. The company is also expected to release an iWatch later this year. And several other start-ups in Silicon Valley are building products that are designed to capture photos of people’s lives.
But what about people who don’t want to be recorded? Don’t they get a say?
Deal with it, wearable computer advocates say. “When you’re in public, you’re in public. What happens in public, is the very definition of it,” said Jeff Jarvis, the author of the book “Public Parts” and a journalism professor at the City University of New York. “I don’t want you telling me that I can’t take pictures in public without your permission.”
(Excerpt) Read more at bits.blogs.nytimes.com ...
There is an old Star Trek episode built around the concept of a central computer driven neural net that keeps editing out thoughts and people as the power slowly fails. After each update, history is rewritten to match current approved views.
The rude sobs who wear these things are twisted freaks, in my humble opinion.
I see a whole new medical specialty in the removal of Google Glasses from the lower intestines and rectums of their users...
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