Project Glass

Authors Jason Self

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Google recently revealed its plan to develop Internet-connected eyeglasses that would Linux-libre
combine normal vision with informational overlays. It has named the effort "Project
Glass" and built a prototype.
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The eyeglasses can also tell you where other individuals are located although Google
has not revealed the specific technology it uses to monitor the locations of Project How To
Glass users. The glasses appear to have a built-in microphone that is always
activated, and a button that people can push to take photographs. Articles
My thoughts:
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• Will the software that runs this be free? Will people be able to get a copy of
the software, modify it, and then use that instead of the software that comes About Me
from Google?
• Will Google be able to see what you see? Contact Me
• How does it know where you are? Since your location is being transmitted if
you use this (and potentially the sights and sounds around you), will Google GPL enforced
now know who you meet with, where you meet them, what you eat, and how
many times you use the restroom?
• It seems that this could provide Google with far more information about If you appreciate any of the things I
people than they already collect by scanning your messages in Gmail, am doing you can make a donation.
tracking the YouTube videos you watch, and logging what you search for on
the internet.
• If everyone starts to wear these while walking around, immersed in their own
assisted reality, the future could be a very lonely place.