Google Glass privacy concerns: you must be brave to wear these Glasses
I’ve treated Google Glass as a social experiment for the last few weeks, and one thing I’ve noticed is security concerns. Not about me per se but about the people around me and that I’m interacting with while wearing Glass. In the news there have been a reports of various places banning Glass but most of them are places like strip clubs and bars, neither of are places that people take pictures usually at or are even allowed to. When I find myself in a place or area that I don’t want to draw attention to myself I will flip them up and wear them like a headband or sorts.
Looking at myself the glass that protrudes from the front of Google Glass seems to be more clear which is funny since I’m putting them up to somewhat hide them in plain sight. So far I haven’t been asked to remove them but I have had some people look at me funny when wearing them. At lunch a few coworkers look at me a bit odd when I took them off and places them in the middle of the table. I said “has any of you seen Google Glass yet? Feel free to try them on”. One female coworker put them on and ended up taking a few pictures of the other female coworker, I’m not quite sure she was very happy about that.
The real concerns I have is for other people’s privacy. I feel like an ambassador for Google Glass being one of only roughly 10,000 out there that have them. I want to make sure that people are aware of their existence not to be scared of them but at the same time I don’t want to take any more liberties when wearing them. I’ve heard reports from people online saying that they have been asked to not to wear them at work. I somewhat agree with this but on the other hand I think education is key here. I think this is why I’m more than happy to allow someone to try them on when they ask.
Speaking of being an ambassador, I’ve taken Glass to the Apple store. I had a few looks from people and even had my Apple business sales guy ask if he could try them on. Jokingly I asked him if he was allowed to.
What are your privacy concerns as a current or even future Google Glass user?
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