Google Glass picks up early feedback on privacy issues - Indian Express

New York Times : San Francisco, Wed May 08 2013, 11:23 hrs Google's wearable computer, the most anticipated piece of electronic wizardry since the iPad and iPhone, will not go on sale for many months. But the resistance is already under way. The glasses-like device, which allows users to access the internet, take photos and film short snippets, has been pre-emptively banned by a Seattle bar. Large parts of Las Vegas will not welcome wearers. West Virginia legislators tried to make it illegal to use the gadget, known as Google Glass, while driving. "This is just the beginning," said Timothy Toohey, a Los Angeles lawyer specialising in privacy issues. "Google Glass is going to cause quite a brawl." As personal technology becomes increasingly nimble and invisible, Glass is prompting questions of whether it will distract drivers, upend relationships and strip people of what little privacy they still have in public. A pair of lens-less frames with a tiny computer attached to the right earpiece, Glass is promoted by Google as "seamless and empowering." It will have the ability to capture any chance encounter, from a celebrity sighting to a grumpy salesclerk, and broadcast it to millions in seconds. "We are all now going to be both the paparazzi and the paparazzi's target," said Karen L Stevenson, a lawyer with Buchalter Nemer in Los Angeles. Google stresses that Glass is a work in progress, with test versions now being released to 2,000 developers. Another 8,000 "explorers," people handpicked by Google, will soon get a pair. Among the safeguards to make it less intrusive: you have to speak or touch it to activate it, and you have to look directly at someone to take a photograph or video of them. "We are thinking very carefully about how we design Glass because new technology always raises new issues," said Courtney Hohne, a Google spokeswoman. ... contd. ALSO READ Windows 8 hits 100 million sales, tweaks for mini-tablets in works NASA space telescope giving new views of 'hot Jupiter' planets Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes Landsat 8 appears to be working flawlessly, says US Earth Resources Observation Center Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHJ-23UgbqA70Jil5pdERYk9i1pdw&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/google-glass-picks-up-early-feedback-on-privacy-issues/1112641/

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