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Rich26189 writes:
"In a somewhat pre-emptive move Google is lobbying against state legislation that would ban drivers from using Google Glass while driving. I, for one, would like to see such legislation passed. There is enough distracted driving due to hand-held cell phones and Google Glass would just be just one more task for the brain to cope with.
This from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/us-googl e-glass-lobbying-idUSBREA1O0P920140225"
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(Score: 2) by edIII on Monday March 03 2014, @02:23AM
I don't want Google Glass operational in restaurants due to surreptitious surveillance capabilities. It has nothing to do with the operation itself, even though I'm not a big fan of people's obsession with them.
Taking a picture is one thing, taking a picture of your stupid food is another, and doing either and putting it in a private photo album is no concern of mine.
Taking a picture, or video, of yourself or others and putting it in an album in the "cloud" where it's actively being processed in a multitude of Big Data systems is very much my concern.
Google Glass makes that so easy, and most importantly, is deniable. Unless there is very very strong legislation and firmware protections that show a bright visible indication of recording, I don't want Google Glass near me.
That's not hyperbole or tin-foil either. Pretty much everyone here will know about Big Data. We just disagree to the extent we are being abused, not that it's happening.
I'm vehemently opposed based on my privacy views, but also because I don't want to go to the Olive Garden and then have the blaring idiot-box telling me about Prego's new roasted garlic sauce for only $3.99 at Albertson's, America's preferred grocery store at the gas station.
We should be opposed to Google Glass because of the mass violations of privacy, those being reasonable levels we expect in public and semi-public levels of privacy.
If you want to snap a picture with your cell phone by my guest. It doesn't affect my privacy all that much. Use Google Glass and I'm reasonably assured you just jumped up and shouted it to the world at 4000 decibels.
So I would tell those people to shut the fuck up. Respectfully. It's a nice restaurant.
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