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My impression is these days society doesn't care about recording in public spaces unless you're actually following someone around with a camera without their co
by aninhumer 12y ago
My impression is these days society doesn't care about recording in public spaces unless you're actually following someone around with a camera without their consent. There were similar objections when camera phones first came out, but people eventually realised that just having the camera doesn't mean you're recording everything around you. I suspect there will be a similar realisation with glass.
- Silhouette 12y agoSometimes it's not about what you're doing, but what you can be seen to be doing. Objections about camera phones have subsided because people understand them better. Unless someone is pointing the phone at you, which is usually an obvious action and not something that is widely done covertly, you aren't being photographed. But there are still concerns: I'm about to go vote in an election where there will almost certainly be "no camera" signs up at the polling station and specific advice against taking selfies that might inadvertently contravene laws about disclosing who voted for whom. You have no such guarantees with a camera that by design is always looking out with the wearer and doesn't advertise whether it's recording or not.
- abdullahkhalids 12y agoYes. I agree. Our need/want for privacy is generally being eroded as we interact with new technology. This is not necessarily a good or bad thing. We get to judge continuously each available technology - old and new . Current consensus is that Google glass is creepy. Future consensus might be different.