[DanBC]

I don't get why glass is so different from ubiquitous smart phone cameras or (in the UK) CCTV.

Parents already have problems taking photographs of their children at school events[1] and people are regularly harassed and arrested because they are taking photographs in public. Most people seem to think this is too extreme, but I get the impression that they wouldn't mind if it was happening to glass users.

As far as public surveillance goes there are much worse situations than actual people wearing (currently) expensive hardware wandering around. It's cheaper and better to mount CCTV everywhere; and it's good for the operators to have hidden[2] low[3] level cameras.

[1] Although I agree with Louis CK about this - don't video the kids, watch them. The resolution on the kid is much better than on that little phone screen.

[2] To avoid vandalism.

[3] Face height, not on a tall pole.

[contingencies]

One stays in your pocket.

[galactus]

The difference between Google Glass and smartphones is that with Google Glass it is much more difficult to know if someone is recording you.

[pezh0re]

Well, yes and no. They'll have to basically be staring at you for the duration of the video - which is somewhat normal in one-on-one conversations, but sticks out much more in group settings.