LED lights can let Google glasses get rid of invasion of privacy suspect?

Google (micro-blog) glasses since its inception, has been questioned from a wide range of. Recently, Privacy Commissioner of Canada and Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Israel and Switzerland, the government sent a letter to Google CEO Larry page, asked Google to provide more detailed information about Google glasses, to eliminate all may violate the privacy of others on Google glasses concerns.

In addition, it was specially set up a network organization called Stop the Cyborgs to monitor Google how to deal with the problem of privacy risks posed by Google glasses. At present, there have been many places, such as bars, strip clubs, cinemas, casinos and other banned wearing Google glasses inside, even Google held the annual meeting, Google glasses is strictly monitoring.

Google glasses why repeated violations of privacy questioned?

Technology media TechCrunch that Google glasses camera located in front of the equipment, it will make people feel uncomfortable, but not next to the camera LED lights to show the camera is taking pictures and videos, this is a big mistake for Google. Therefore, as long as Google has not added LED lights to show whether it is recording the video, privacy violations will continue to spread.

In addition, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff put Google glasses likened drone: "Imagine millions of Americans every day on the head with a drone around, and this device can use video and audio capture in the form of everything happening around them this will be, what kind of situation? "

TechCrunch analysis, similar to Michael Cheel's remarks, inciting people's concerns about the privacy of Google glasses, and all of this comes from the misunderstanding of the ability of Google glasses.

From the function of Google glasses, this device can not record everything around you. When the video function is activated, by default only 10 seconds long video, if you want to record everything around the video, the battery power will soon be exhausted.

Therefore, in essence, Google glasses is only a Web browser wearable, more significance is the view news, e-mail, social networking and other news to push the information, rather than sharing your photos and videos.

Of course, the voices of doubt for the outside world, Google has made the following response:

Larry Paige said: with the gradual penetration of Google glasses into people's lives, people worry about privacy issues will gradually reduce. Privacy does not become a big problem, people will not feel jittery because people use Google glasses in the Restroom and, as they will not because people use intelligent mobile phone camera to worry about the same. "

Google said in a statement: for the possibility of Google glasses face recognition, many people are interested, but also expressed concern. As we have been in the past few years has insisted that we do not build a strong privacy protection mechanism, we will not increase the face recognition function in our products. In view of this, we will not be approved for any face recognition applications related to Google glasses. "

From Google's response, we can feel the importance of Google to protect user privacy. After all, any new technology is not used to show off, and ultimately should serve the community, service life, rather than counterproductive.