Google Glass: No relief from privacy invasion even at the urinal
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You can read this story and, given the privacy implications, almost think it is a hoax. Sure, people can already take their smartphone cameras into public restrooms, but if you can indeed wink and take a photo with Google Glass, then there is literally nowhere to hide.
The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal.
I had just wrapped up a conversation with a man who owned a pair of Google’s Internet-connected glasses, Google Glass. He had explained that one of the gadget’s greatest features is the ability to snap a photo with a wink. “It’s amazing, you just look at something, wink your eye and it just takes a picture,” he said enthusiastically.
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