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You Won’t Be Allowed to Take Photos with Google’s New AR Glasses

5 points by mikece 4y ago

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adolph 4y ago
“Our AR prototypes don’t support photography and videography, though image data will be used to enable experiences like translating the menu in front of you or showing you directions to a nearby coffee shop,” writes Google. . . . If for some reason the glasses capture your private information, Google says the data will eventually be erased. “After the experience is completed, the image data is deleted, except if the image data will be used for analysis and debugging. In that case, the image data is first scrubbed for sensitive content, including faces and license plates. Then it is stored on a secure server, with limited access by a small number of Googlers for analysis and debugging. After 30 days, it is deleted,” the company writes in a support document. Translated: There is no user provision for persisting aspects of the camera data stream. We are still doing the stuff people find creepy but have a way to claim otherwise.
ksaj 4y ago
One of the use cases I've seen oft repeated is for doctors and surgeons. To make this even legal, wouldn't the scrubbing and facial blurring have to occur before images (and audio?) are received by Google's servers? The problem seems to be where the compute power lies. Until our tiny computers and microcontrollers achieve super-computer-like performance and capacity, I can't see how this problem will ever be solved.
- vivegi 4y ago
  If I recall, for the doctor setting, all that was required for compliance was the patient sign a consent form permitting the care-giver's use of the Google Glass device which they kept on file. In addition, the doctor would ask the patient at the time of each encounter if they consented for video to be turned on for that session. The doctor then turned on the Glass only after the patient consented. One of the early problems in the doctor's office setting was the battery charge especially when the doctors run busy schedules with back-to-back appointments. I believe this was solved by providing them with an additional battery pack they could clip to their waist while the other pack was charging. source: I worked with a startup in this space several years ago.
- morpheuskafka 4y ago
  Google would just need to sign a Business Associate Agreement and protect the data under HIPAA rules. I believe they already offer that for cloud compute products.
rasz 4y ago
Users cant take photos. Photos are constantly transmitted to the mothership, but its ok trust us. Reminds me of Chrome extension manifest V3 where they only allow "local data", and by "local" they mean data on Google server, not your computer drive.

5 points by mikece 4y ago

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“Our AR prototypes don’t support photography and videography, though image data will be used to enable experiences like translating the menu in front of you or showing you directions to a nearby coffee shop,” writes Google. . . . If for some reason the glasses capture your private information, Google says the data will eventually be erased. “After the experience is completed, the image data is deleted, except if the image data will be used for analysis and debugging. In that case, the image data is first scrubbed for sensitive content, including faces and license plates. Then it is stored on a secure server, with limited access by a small number of Googlers for analysis and debugging. After 30 days, it is deleted,” the company writes in a support document. Translated: There is no user provision for persisting aspects of the camera data stream. We are still doing the stuff people find creepy but have a way to claim otherwise.

ksaj 4y ago

One of the use cases I've seen oft repeated is for doctors and surgeons. To make this even legal, wouldn't the scrubbing and facial blurring have to occur before images (and audio?) are received by Google's servers? The problem seems to be where the compute power lies. Until our tiny computers and microcontrollers achieve super-computer-like performance and capacity, I can't see how this problem will ever be solved.

vivegi 4y ago
If I recall, for the doctor setting, all that was required for compliance was the patient sign a consent form permitting the care-giver's use of the Google Glass device which they kept on file. In addition, the doctor would ask the patient at the time of each encounter if they consented for video to be turned on for that session. The doctor then turned on the Glass only after the patient consented. One of the early problems in the doctor's office setting was the battery charge especially when the doctors run busy schedules with back-to-back appointments. I believe this was solved by providing them with an additional battery pack they could clip to their waist while the other pack was charging. source: I worked with a startup in this space several years ago.
morpheuskafka 4y ago
Google would just need to sign a Business Associate Agreement and protect the data under HIPAA rules. I believe they already offer that for cloud compute products.

rasz 4y ago

Users cant take photos. Photos are constantly transmitted to the mothership, but its ok trust us. Reminds me of Chrome extension manifest V3 where they only allow "local data", and by "local" they mean data on Google server, not your computer drive.