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Bruce Schneier: That it will provide a surveillance database. You’re going to create all of this data, and it will all be stored somewhere by one company. The real worry is who gets to see the data. Google aren't doing this for benevolence towards society, they're going to sell this data to advertisers. The data will also be available to law enforcement. In the United States at least, there is a much lower standard of data privacy [than in the UK], so it's open to abuse. In other countries, the standards are even lower.
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You can’t! It’s not like you can opt in or opt out. I mean, how do you opt in? There’s no way to do it. This is why people are saying that they don’t want to go to a restaurant where someone is wearing it, or why bars and other social establishments are pre-emptively banning entry to anyone wearing a pair of Glass.But isn’t all this similar to having CCTV in public places? Most people don’t seem bothered about being caught on camera all day. What’s the difference with Glass?
The difference is that the data generated by Glass is aggregated; it’s all pooled together by one company: Google. If you're recorded by 1,000 cameras a day – and you live in London, so you are – that footage is spread out among different companies. But if you're filmed by another 1,000 cameras and all of the footage is given to one company? That’s different.Thanks for clearing that up, Bruce.
One of Glass's promo videos, demonstrating how useful they are while you're trapezing or sculpting ice.
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Michael Valvo: We’ve built social signals into the device so people can understand what a wearer is doing – taking photos or videos, for example. Glass is also about much more than just taking videos and pictures; it can display maps with directions while you're on the move, allow you to receive and reply to messages – all sorts.
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There is no facial recognition software in Glass and there are no plans to put it in. We've consistently said that we won't add new face recognition features to our services unless we have strong privacy protections in place.What about all of this data being collected, stored and sold by one company, namely Google?
As our Terms of Service make clear, “What belongs to you stays yours.” You own your files and control their sharing, plain and simple. Protecting the privacy and security of our users' data is our top priority at Google. Central to that is offering easy-to-use controls that allow people to manage the information they store with Google. You are in control of the photos and videos you choose to capture with Glass – they're uploaded to your account, where you can decide whether to share or delete.Thanks, Michael.As reactions to the NSA and GCHQ's attack on civilian privacy flood in, Michael Valvo's comments seem increasingly questionable. However, it's important to turn the points into a meaningful dialogue. Because while the internet giants may not be publically accountable, the US and other governments around the world most certainly are.
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