Afternoon in America 2.0

[Content Note: Invasion of Privacy, Stalking] Creative Good—The Google Glass feature nobody is speaking about: Now pretend you do not know an individual who wears Google Glass… and go for a walk outdoors. Anywhere you use public – any store, any pavement, any bus or subway – you’re prone to be recorded: video and audio. Fifty people around the bus may be Glassless, but when an individual putting on Glass will get on, you – and all sorts of 49 other people – might be recorded. Not for one temporary throwaway video buffer, just like a home security camera, but recorded, saved permanently, and shared around the world.Now, I understand the response: “I’m recorded by video security cameras all day long, it doesn’t bother me, what’s the main difference?” Hear me out – I am not done. Why is Glass so unique is the fact that it’s a Google project. And Google has the ability to mix Glass along with other technologies it is the owner of....10 years from now, someone, some company, or some organization, takes a desire for you, really wants to determine if you’ve ever stated what you consider offensive, or threatening, or simply features a reference to a particular word or phrase they like. Just one search query within Google’s cloud – whether started with a openly available search, or perhaps a federal subpoena, or anything among – will instantly mention documentation of each and every word you’ve ever spoken within earshot of the Google Glass device.This is actually the discussion we ought to have about Google Glass. The tech community, by all privileges, ought to be leading this discussion. Yet most techies today continue to be chattering about whether they’ll look awesome putting on the unit.Nice! I am certain this selection will not negatively affect individuals privacy, and I am certain that any information collected with these features should never be misused by the us government, large companies, or internet cyber-terrorist. I am sure any fears on the contrary are totally overblown.  Here is the one thing: I wasn't really following a Google Glass development, considering that I've no intention jumping on another Google product after getting been burned by Blogger ease of access issues and Readers being closed lower this summer time. But Mark Hurst's publish at Creative Good has pretty appropriately shown that even when Irrrve never use Google Glass, that does not mean I will not have it.