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http://eyetap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcdonalds-for.html http://eyetap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcd... Not Google Glass, b

http://eyetap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcdonalds-for.html http://eyetap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcd... Not Google Glass, but similar.

kimlelly 13y ago
I overheard a guy at the supermarket checkout, he was saying to what seemed to be his GF that he would actually kick people with a Glass from behind because that way he wouldn't be recorded... not very happy thoughts, I have to admit. What's true though is that we're taking a very dangerous road here: 1. Google Glass means total and permanent surveillance 2. Total and permanent surveillance means people will be afraid to use their right to freedom of expression (out of fear of blowback) 3. Suppressed freedom of expression means: Democracy is dead and a police state becomes very realistic. Who in their right mind wants that?
- rohansingh 13y ago
  I'm not sure punching people in the face or kicking them in the back counts as "freedom of expression".
  - hnha 13y ago
    no one said that. you are mixing physical violence in. could you elaborate what you mean?
- daivd 13y ago
  I can't say that I know what will happen, but there is a directly opposite scenario which seems just as likely. As everything is filmed and we get used to it, fewer things remain taboo, people are less ashamed of trivial things (being too drunk, masturbating, expressing unusual opinions, whatever) and people care less of what trivial things others do. It gets lost in the noise. A police state is when only the state owns the information. In this case, ordinary citizens own the information. If it remains legal, it could very well become a good tool for exposing corruption. People do behave better when there is a chance that they are held accountable.
- randallsquared 13y ago
  daivd's reply to this was reasonable and civil, but you'll have to turn on showdead to see it, now (though none of his other recent comments are dead). Hiding opinions you disagree with is not what the downvote arrow should be used for.

http://eyetap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcdonalds-for.html http://eyetap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcd... Not Google Glass, but similar.

kimlelly 13y ago

I overheard a guy at the supermarket checkout, he was saying to what seemed to be his GF that he would actually kick people with a Glass from behind because that way he wouldn't be recorded... not very happy thoughts, I have to admit. What's true though is that we're taking a very dangerous road here: 1. Google Glass means total and permanent surveillance 2. Total and permanent surveillance means people will be afraid to use their right to freedom of expression (out of fear of blowback) 3. Suppressed freedom of expression means: Democracy is dead and a police state becomes very realistic. Who in their right mind wants that?

rohansingh 13y ago
I'm not sure punching people in the face or kicking them in the back counts as "freedom of expression".
- hnha 13y ago
  no one said that. you are mixing physical violence in. could you elaborate what you mean?
daivd 13y ago
I can't say that I know what will happen, but there is a directly opposite scenario which seems just as likely. As everything is filmed and we get used to it, fewer things remain taboo, people are less ashamed of trivial things (being too drunk, masturbating, expressing unusual opinions, whatever) and people care less of what trivial things others do. It gets lost in the noise. A police state is when only the state owns the information. In this case, ordinary citizens own the information. If it remains legal, it could very well become a good tool for exposing corruption. People do behave better when there is a chance that they are held accountable.
randallsquared 13y ago
daivd's reply to this was reasonable and civil, but you'll have to turn on showdead to see it, now (though none of his other recent comments are dead). Hiding opinions you disagree with is not what the downvote arrow should be used for.