Google accused of hypocrisy over Glass ban at shareholder shindig

Re: Hang on here...

Smith and Wesson share holder meetings could be hilarious.

Re: Hang on here...

You get a thumbs up because you made me laugh, but I still think that there is something ironic about the situation and Google are trying to argue both sides of the fence in different situations.

No doubt these are the sorts of philosophical questions we need to ask ourselves in the future. For example, it is certainly within reason to expect various hearing implants and similar technology for vision impaired people may gain the ability to record or live stream to a cloud of some sort. We may even get to a point where we can store and retrieve our memories from some hard disk-like system as if it were our brain to help sufferers of dementia or similar diseases.

I assume he means protecting the children from being seen - in which case - he will be trying to get eyeballs banned soon. It's funny when you think about it - you can always tell that someone has no real argument - when they cling to the current buzzwords of the day - currently that is "think of the children" and "think of the environment"

I say bravo to Google for setting a clear example as to how easy it will be for the rest of the world to simply say - no recording devices here thanks. I mean presumably Google have not previously allowed recording devices into their shareholder meetings - despite the fact - shock horror - they produce Android - a mobile phone operating system that allows said phone to take pictures. Why anyone would expect that just because they bring the world Glass they would suddenly change the rules about recording devices..... If they had said - you can bring smart phones and recording devices EXCEPT Glass - they guy might have had a point - but.... "think of the children! won't someone think of the poor children"

So your not in the least bit concerned that a sex criminal might wear google glasses to record kids in a bathroom without them knowing it and then have the ability to store it, share it or do whatever else they like with it?

There are going to be major privacy issues with these things in the near future I would put money on it because you have no clue if you are being recorded or not. Someone holding up a cell phone, tablet or other recording device is obvious this is not.

Re: Is that a real quote?

Question is though, who goes to the toilet and watches other people wee? I normally go in approach an available urinal then stare at the wall until the deed is completed...

Except you could just be pressing capture buttons on the side of a phone while it's next to your ear, and no one would be the wiser. Privacy invasion isn't new to Glass.

The difference between Google Glass and a camera phone

is the small hole in someone's pocket where the camera lens is. Only dickheads wave cameras about when they don't want to be seen filming.

Google Glass has a lot of problems but being incognito is not one of them.

Re: hypocrisy hippo-crispy

The more likely scenario when visiting a bathroom with Glass on is you accidentally record your own todger...

Then 3 months later - "Aunt Mabel, come and look at my video of my trip to Skegness....here's the seafront.... ah, oh, b*gger where's the stop button...!!!." :-)

Then try wearing google glass and recording the same trip, I wonder which one that parents would be upset about first or more. I would put money on the photos

Re: The reality

...and even if you could circumvent the activation prompts (remote bluetooth trigger in the pocket, kill the 'camera active' light etc) you'd still have to be staring right at them.

Sure to be interesting when said kiddy-filmer comes out of the restroom to find Little Jonny pointing at him saying 'Daddy, it was him, he was the funny man looking RIGHT AT HIM while I was having a wizz'.

Closely followed by a loss of teeth police interaction.

It's not hard to envisage. Think of the children? Try just thinking, for a start.

Steven R