Google Glass Picks Up Early Signal: Keep Out

[onehandle]

SAN FRANCISCO — Google’s wearable computer, the most anticipated piece of electronic wizardry since the iPad and iPhone, will not go on sale for many months. But the resistance is already under way.

The glasseslike device, which allows users to access the Internet, take photos and film short snippets, has been pre-emptively banned by a Seattle bar. Large parts of Las Vegas will not welcome wearers. West Virginia legislators tried to make it illegal to use the gadget, known as Google Glass, while driving.

“This is just the beginning,” said Timothy Toohey, a Los Angeles lawyer specializing in privacy issues. “Google Glass is going to cause quite a brawl.”

As personal technology becomes increasingly nimble and invisible, Glass is prompting questions of whether it will distract drivers, upend relationships and strip people of what little privacy they still have in public.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/technology/personaltech/google-glass-picks-up-early-signal-keep-out.html

DUers who are concerned about privacy and about cameras on every street corner in your neighborhood, should be very concerned. People will be wearing these easily hackable spy devices everywhere they work, drive, and can walk to. The worlds biggest ad spammer and data spy will literally be watching you. Everywhere.

[MineralMan]

1. Wearing these shouts, "I AM A TOTAL GEEK!"

That should be enough to keep them off most people.

[Renew Deal]

9. Geek is not the word I'd use

[MineralMan]

10. Yah, well, it seems to me that those are geek glasses.

At least when worn in public. I imagine they'll also get a lot of use by the "point-of-view" porn folks, too. Then they'll be asshole glasses, for sure. For the life of me, I can't think of a single situation where I'd want those on my head. Not even one.

[MattBaggins]

17. These could be great for work uses

medical uses, building things, taking things apart, repairing things, diagnostics

Many uses but wearing them to the beach, movies, dates etc... probably not so much

[Arkana]

16. No, actually, what it says is

"I am a complete and utter feminine hygiene product and the bag it comes in!"

[bunnies]

2. That dude never wants to have sex. Ever.

Who'd want to walk around looking like a jackass? I mean... besides those bluetooth earpiece people.

[backscatter712]

8. To reference Neal Stephenson's book Snow Crash, they're gargoyle glasses. n/t

[formercia]

3. They would be great for Occupy demonstrations.

Just think of the coverage.

[onehandle]

6. The feds would hack into them in minutes.

Better than having a mole.

[Dreamer Tatum]

4. Just put an Apple logo on it, onehandle, and all will be right with the world. nt

[HappyMe]

5. lol!

Those have to be the dumbest things ever.

I don't see this selling except to the extreme goofs. Can't people with smart phones be easily tracked?

[geek tragedy]

7. I am Locutus of Borg.

[snooper2]

11. Resistance is futile...

In five years these will be commonplace, get ready to deal with it...LOL...

People watching, recording kids sporting events-
Taking vids while riding trails on a quad, wonder what quality is like vs a Go Pro?-
hanging out with co-workers in a different state taking some vids in the bar-


I'll get a pair when the price drops and version 4.0 is out

But, this whole argument reminds me of this video I watched some time back. (I was watching "people go berserk in walmart" videos LOL )


"I do not agree of him taking pictures with me"

A rude Walmart customer argues with store's customer service employee then attacks video photographer. The video photographer leaves the store and heads to his car and is pursued into the parking lot by the rude customer while she continues to speak with the police dispatcher. Hoping that the photographer would be detained, the rude customer is highly disappointed. See Gwinnett County Warrant Hearing File 09H-1350

[Ter]

12. I'll wear it to the nude beach

[IDemo]

13. Someone needs to market fake G-Glasses n/t

[Safetykitten]

14. You see, the problem is that Google came up with it. Now if it was Apple...

The Apple people would be on here in droves defending the rights of people to wear them.

[MattBaggins]

15. And if these glasses had an apple logo on them

you would requesting that the government mandate them for all school children.

[tridim]

18. There is only a short time to complain, so make it count!

These will only be wearable until the fully-implanted device is ready, probably less than 10 years.

The freakout over Google Glass is pretty funny considering what's coming next.