Fifth of Britons ‘want to ban’ Google Glass

Summary:

More and more uses of wearable technology are being developed, like internet-connected heart rate monitors, wearable GPS systems and products which monitor footfall and distance travelled through its trainers. Besides that, there is Google Glass, spectacle frames that allow users to record video conversations and read messages via a panel on the right eye. In an interview among 4,000 people, half of them said the privacy concerns might put them off buying the glasses and over sixty percent agreed that these devices should be subject to regulation. Despite all the concerns on privacy, still more than a third intend to use wearable technology when it becomes widely available.

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Own opinion:

I am intrigued by Google Glass, or impressed is a better word. Twenty years ago we saw movies about wireless phones, touch screens, talking computers, internet, voice commands et cetera and now we can already read our mail through special spectacles. I really think technology moves forward quickly. On the other hand, we should definitely keep our privacy in mind. Looking at the twenty year old movies again, we also have a pretty good idea of all the things that could go wrong. Forewarned is forearmed.

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Source:

Jennifer O’Mahony (2013, 4 June). Fifth of Britons ‘want to ban’ Google Glass. Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/10097688/Fifth-of-Britons-want-to-ban-Google-Glass.html