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"We replaced all the Google components on the devices so that no data travels over Google servers. All data stays within the BIDMC firewall." I'd love to know

by caio1982 13y ago

"We replaced all the Google components on the devices so that no data travels over Google servers. All data stays within the BIDMC firewall." I'd love to know more about that.

hahainternet 13y ago
It's just a small Android strapped to the side of your head. Google 'AOSP'.
- caio1982 13y ago
  Thanks for the hint but I think that was obvious. My point is: the quote makes it seem easier than it is to do such thing and still be 100% confident and sure you will never ever have a confidentiality or privacy breach with patients data involved. Google Glass is fantastic but also very scary for a lot of people, I can't even imagine how that would turn out inside a hospital.
  - VikingCoder 13y ago
    "still be 100% confident and sure you will never ever have a confidentiality or privacy breach with patients data involved" That is never true, ever, in any circumstance, with any system, ever. Stop wishing for unicorns and come back to the real world. The question is, is it reasonably safe, and does it help patient outcomes? Keep in mind, the more likely it is to improve patient outcomes, the more risk is considered acceptable.
- tommo123 13y ago
  There's a certain niggling worry I have about googling "how to hide my data from google"
  - blueskin_ 13y ago
    https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/
revelation 13y ago
Presumably the thing is on a network without internet access. Boom, problem solved.
- caio1982 13y ago
  It doesn't mean patient data can't be leaked to the world (or even to wrong people inside the place).
- fidotron 13y ago
  Glass without an Internet connection doesn't normally work, so they must have done quite a lot. The normal and promoted programming model is quite similar to Chromecast, where you push a subset of html pages to it and it displays them. That push occurs via your system sending a message to Google's server that pushes the update on the Glass.
  - magicalist 13y ago
    That all changed last fall[1]. They released an SDK, so now it's pretty much just like making an Android app. [1] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/google-launches-glass-dev-kit-preview-shows-off-augmented-reality-apps/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/google-launches-glass...
mattlutze 13y ago
Apparently, it's all open source[1] and available to be hacked away at[2][3], including cutting out calls back to Google. 1: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-releases-glass-source-code-declares-platform-open-to-hackers/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google... 2: https://code.google.com/p/google-glass-kernel-source/ https://code.google.com/p/google-glass-kernel-source/ 3: https://developers.google.com/glass/tools-downloads/system https://developers.google.com/glass/tools-downloads/system

"We replaced all the Google components on the devices so that no data travels over Google servers. All data stays within the BIDMC firewall." I'd love to know more about that.

hahainternet 13y ago

It's just a small Android strapped to the side of your head. Google 'AOSP'.

caio1982 13y ago
Thanks for the hint but I think that was obvious. My point is: the quote makes it seem easier than it is to do such thing and still be 100% confident and sure you will never ever have a confidentiality or privacy breach with patients data involved. Google Glass is fantastic but also very scary for a lot of people, I can't even imagine how that would turn out inside a hospital.
- VikingCoder 13y ago
  "still be 100% confident and sure you will never ever have a confidentiality or privacy breach with patients data involved" That is never true, ever, in any circumstance, with any system, ever. Stop wishing for unicorns and come back to the real world. The question is, is it reasonably safe, and does it help patient outcomes? Keep in mind, the more likely it is to improve patient outcomes, the more risk is considered acceptable.
tommo123 13y ago
There's a certain niggling worry I have about googling "how to hide my data from google"
- blueskin_ 13y ago
  https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/

revelation 13y ago

Presumably the thing is on a network without internet access. Boom, problem solved.

caio1982 13y ago
It doesn't mean patient data can't be leaked to the world (or even to wrong people inside the place).
fidotron 13y ago
Glass without an Internet connection doesn't normally work, so they must have done quite a lot. The normal and promoted programming model is quite similar to Chromecast, where you push a subset of html pages to it and it displays them. That push occurs via your system sending a message to Google's server that pushes the update on the Glass.
- magicalist 13y ago
  That all changed last fall[1]. They released an SDK, so now it's pretty much just like making an Android app. [1] http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/google-launches-glass-dev-kit-preview-shows-off-augmented-reality-apps/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/11/google-launches-glass...

mattlutze 13y ago

Apparently, it's all open source[1] and available to be hacked away at[2][3], including cutting out calls back to Google. 1: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google-releases-glass-source-code-declares-platform-open-to-hackers/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/04/google... 2: https://code.google.com/p/google-glass-kernel-source/ https://code.google.com/p/google-glass-kernel-source/ 3: https://developers.google.com/glass/tools-downloads/system https://developers.google.com/glass/tools-downloads/system