| There is not one company that has access to all the CCTV cameras placed in restaurants and stores and workplaces and public venues. If there were, that would be way creepy in and of itself. However, this is worse: the world's most powerful advertising company is turning consumers into spies. It was bad enough for Google to track users' interests and whereabouts using its online services. Then with Streetview and its apps on Android, it started massively gathering physical information as well. With Glass, it'll have a cheap workforce that gathers the information of others as well. Even if you've never consciously used a Google product or service in your life, if you live in a developed nation, Google knows about you and it already uses that information to influence your behavior [1][2]. Imagine how your life will change if only 1% of the people around you start using Google sponsored video cameras that are stealth, have high quality imaging, are always on, location aware, and always connected to the Internet: that's what Glass is. [1] http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/eli_pariser_beware_online_f... [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/technology/29stream.html?_... |