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I find your examples "crime witness aid for police" and then "other non-big-brother things" a bit chilling.

• jeffool 14y ago
  I wouldn't consider a private recording a "Big Brother" thing. It's when recording is mandated and that you have no choice in sharing it, that it becomes "Big Brother"-ish. Personally, I could see a passive recording feature (say, the last five minutes) as useful in this way. But then we're talking battery life, and I haven't read enough to know about such things for Google Glass.
• yk 14y ago
  "crime witness aid for police" would probably be beneficial by itself, if it is possible to limit the privacy and surveillance concerns. So essentially the situation, where a witness starts to film a crime and then gives this video to the police. Or the police could be required to document everything they do (by taking a full video of each shift). On the other hand, the surveillance potential is of course scary. And once Google glass is out, I really do not know how to limit the impact.
  • jiggy2011 14y ago
    Or how about an app that pays you a monthly fee in exchange for law enforcement being able to "borrow your eyes" whenever they want.
  • r00fus 14y ago
    > Or the police could be required to document everything they do (by taking a full video of each shift). These tools already exist, and do great - except when they don't. Strangely, they tend to "not work" exactly when the officer is suspected/accused of overstepping the bounds of their authority or the law. The classic example is the 18 minute silence on the Nixon tapes [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_White_House_tapes