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"I'd be really uncomfortable if I was standing at a urinal and someone was next to me still wearing Google Glass." What if that person is deaf, and Glass is do
by betterunix 13y ago
"I'd be really uncomfortable if I was standing at a urinal and someone was next to me still wearing Google Glass."
What if that person is deaf, and Glass is doing speech-to-text for them, helping them get through their day? What if they are a foreigner, and Glass is translating signs, instructions, and spoken language for them?
There are a lot of good uses for Google Glass that should not be ignored just because it has a camera and a microphone. Privacy concerns are no greater for Glass than for any smartphone -- significant, sure, but nothing new. It's just a smartphone in a different form factor.
- obviouslygreen 13y agoAnd none of those things prevents them from taking it off and hanging it on a pocket or in their collar while using a urinal. The only excuse for this that I can come up with is if, like someone I recall being posted about around here, it was actually mounted to their head in a way that makes it impossible or impractical to remove.
- betterunix 13y agoMaybe they just forgot to take them off? Why should a person using an assistive device constantly think about where it is appropriate to use?
- DanBC 13y agoI'd still feel uncomfortable. I'm not saying glass is evil and everyone using it is evil at all times. I'm expressing mild dis-comfort. Some people experience 'bladder-lock' when standing at a urinal if there's someone next to them. I predict Google Glass is going to cause more cases of bladder-lock. I'd feel the same level of discomfort if I was at a urinal and someone was standing next to me holding their smartphone, even if it wasn't pointed at me.