This sort of reminds me of how Russia and its dash cams have sort of changed how people (such as myself) perceive the act of driving. In the past, dash cams were largely limited to police officers on patrol, but now anyone can put one in their car for $40 and have it set to record as soon as the ignition is turned.<p>Some dash cam videos that have made the news recently include the following:<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ufuY5W7K0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_ufuY5W7K0</a> (plane crash in Afghanistan)<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHqFDsKq5DA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHqFDsKq5DA</a> (plane crash somewhere in Russia)<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y66OHiB_p4I" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y66OHiB_p4I</a> (meteor in Russia)<p>I think that Google Glass will lead to more videos like the one linked and the ones I included. Perhaps we'll eventually have just news dominated by reports by a single individual as opposed to a reporter and a camera man.
If this counts as "Little Brother", then I would argue that we've already reached that point. A year or two ago, I recall seeing many stories of outrage that police were confiscating phones after people filmed arrests. Fights like this get filmed all the time in high schools.<p>Granted, people don't recognize Glass as a film device at the moment, but I'm sure there was a short time where people didn't recognize phones as filming devices either. Once they recognize Glass too, is there any difference?<p>I'm not trying to say that Glass doesn't raise privacy issues, but I think this is a poor/insignificant example.
Widespread sousveillance (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance</a>) is the path to the right kind of future!
Everybody nowadays is walking around with high quality cameras in their pockets that can be switched on within a few seconds. Look on youtube for tons of smartphone video of fights, crimes, arrests, etc. I still fail to see how Google Glass changes anything.
David Brin has been predicting/talking about this for over a decade now. Sadly a lot of people are only familiar with his Sci-Fi work, his non-fiction work is equally interesting.<p><a href="http://www.davidbrin.com/transparency.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.davidbrin.com/transparency.html</a>
You know, seeing this video of google glass is a crowd... We thought iphone thefts were bad? Once people realize the value of google glass, whats to stop a criminal from snatching those off the user's face? An iphone at least has the protection of your pocket. Snatch and grabbing a pair of $1500 google glasses is going to become a major problem.
What are the current laws regarding filming people without their consent in the US & other countries?<p>Thinking about:<p>- public vs. private space<p>- minors<p>We have some very specific laws on these things here in Japan, which would (should?) extend to cell phones & camcorders. Google Glass is just one more recording device
This reminds me clearly of "A Scanner Darkly." That is Phillip K. Dick's prophetic novel where a surveillance grid consisting of half of the population, the scanners, spies on everyone else.<p>"Whatever it is that's watching, it's not human, unlike little dark eyed Donna. It doesn't ever blink. What does a scanner see? Into the head? Down into the heart? Does it see into me, into us? Clearly or darkly? I hope it sees clearly, because I can't any longer see into myself. I see only murk. I hope for everyone's sake the scanners do better. Because if the scanner sees only darkly, the way I do, then I'm cursed and cursed again. I'll only wind up dead this way, knowing very little, and getting that little fragment wrong too."
I think it just a matter of time we see the first movie of a fist being planted on the face of a glass wearer. Agressive people who notice that the are being recorded often direct their anger to the person with the camera.
I wonder if the police will be more paranoid about witnesses videoing them doing their job in the future?<p>Well, how do you like nothing to hide, nothing to fear now?
Actually, if Google Glass catches on, we would all become <i>knowing</i> video subjects. I'm not sure what the author is complaining about. Right now I can buy a pinhole camera and start recording people and they would genuinely not know it's happening. If I had Glass, people would at least know.
Yesterday I was watching helplessly innocent person getting beaten up by some goon. I could have easily recorded a video and uploaded some where. Is there any other alternatives like a tiny camera I could attach to my glasses(not Google glass)?.
Oh yeah, this couldn't have possibly been captured with one of the millions of cell phones capable of recording in HD. We're all doomed now that they stuck it on a pair of glasses.
Little brother? What a farce. Let's be a bit more realistic here.<p>The hardware and software for truly synthesizing the vast quantity of video based data will not be either totally cheap or available to the general public for their benefit. More likely, it will be used to re-affirm and enforce the monopoly of power of the state (when outside) and/or corporations (when at work/school/play).<p>Surveillance breeds totalitarianism. Everpresent surveillance breeds total totalitarianism.<p>Noam Chomsky: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1AImQ5jqA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1AImQ5jqA</a>
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6005249" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6005249</a>
and nobody cared about it.
If nothing else, this video confirms what other reality cop shows have long proven: The sure-fire way to avoid arrest is to never take off your shirt :)
I've never seen a clearer demonstration of why you shouldn't say a word to the police if you ever come in contact with them. Those kids unwittingly admitted to crimes when explaining to the police what happened, and were arrested on the basis of things they said. If they had just shut up and asked if they were under or arrest or if they could leave, they all would have walked away.
The publicity of Google Glass must be what is causing this uproar right? I am assuming this because video camera glasses have been around for 15-20 years.<p>There have been HD ones which look much less conspicuous than Google Glass ones for at least 5-6 years. They are currently under $200 (I don't own any, I just have seen them here and there and looked it up).