Flames66 said:
My definition of quality is; Sturdy and durable, looks nice and is reasonably priced. Many of the glasses available in the shops I listed meet all those requirements.
well if you also add fitting the prescription and can get it for 1 dollar - more power to these shops, would live to have something like that here.
Grimrider6 said:
This is a crossed line here. Shoving cameras in people's faces without their permission is rude, anti-social, and extremely creepy. The fact that not only static photos, but videos can be recorded and almost seamlessly uploaded makes the concept even creepier.
why? because you think its rude, ect? and you get to decide because? thats like these people that think staring is rude. no. staring is admiration. if i didnt like what i see i wouldnt stare, duh.
I can understand some people may not like some things. that is no reason to go around punching people though. which is what the person i quited said he would do.
We are living in a surveillance state, online and off, yet people who adore their GGlass want to become voluntary participants in it.
thats because we dont see it as a negative thing.
Your only concern seems to be "I'm not technically breaking the law, so I'm going to be as much of a douche as I want". Are you seriously that obtuse? Is this how you interact with other human beings? Are you so devoid of common courtesy, manners, and basic ethics that the wishes of people around you has ZERO impact on how you decide to behave around them?
My concern is that a person is breaking the law (punching others) while those other people are not breaking the law. my concern is also that he claims to have rights he does not have. My concern is that he wants to ban what could turn into a very useful item just because HE does not like being looked at.
the impact on my decision is weighted against my own wishes. but we arent talking about me (so why are you trying adhominem?), we are talking whether its ok to punch somone for taking a picture of you, and to that i say no, its not.
Personally, I look forward to the creation and spread of technologies designed to jam or disrupt Glass. I've already seem some Privacy Glasses created by a Japanese researcher designed to scramble facial recognition algorithms, and I'm hoping more technology comes out soon.
Criminals will love this!
drednoahl said:
I've trademarked my face and any images of my face are owned by my company. I've had to do this because of folks like you, and I will vigorously defend my right to privacy even though I'm not that bothered about nobodies like you taking images of me without my consent (not that bothered by intelligence agencies doing it either - I'm a nobody myself.) Corporations like google though aim to profit from knowing everything about me, yet I get nothing from them knowing all that... and I'm not having that, not now, not never. Anyone using glass is just an unpaid corporate drone who while happily violating my right to privacy it makes me wonder just who or what else they are happy to violate just because it suits them.
seriuosly? you trademarked a face? ech, and noone is stopping me from taking your photo still. the only stop you have here is if i were to use it for commercial purpose or a freeware product. you are in public space, i take pictures of public space, i have every right to do that, you dont have a right to do anything about it. regardless of your trademarks. i cant use your face in some kind of video i post on youtube, but then i couldnt do that trademark or no.
Good luck living in fear.
Armadox said:
I'm less interested in the original topic, and more of the conflict of privacy thread that's slowly consuming it. As a transhumanist, in all but (as of now) means, Google Glass is just the start of what I hope to be augmentation technology. My eyes are horrible, and I wouldn't mind tech to give me the ability to lay on a computer over my pupil and fix everything. To see the paranoia of some people, the future'll eat you alive. Once they can bring something like this down to contact size, you plan to punch everyone you see in the face? How will you know you're being recorded?
ah, nice to meet you, my eyesight is fine but i would love a computer on my eyes as well. they are working on contact size one too, powered by your own body heat no less. as far as these reactionists go, well, in science fiction they are usually portrayed as fanatics who aim to destroy technology, but then sci-fi isnt always right.
SonOfVoorhees said:
Does anyone know if Google are still allowing that app that can take a photo of your face and looks online to find you? Because that really shouldnt be allowed, thats stalking and really creepy if they allow a complete stranger to track you online. It always amazes me when companies can get away with stuff that the police cant.
last i heard they banned that program. not that you cna actually ban any program as long as the physical device is in your hands though.
i know a solution to that though. how about dont plaster your photos on the web if you dont want anyone to find you? because looking at you and remembering seeing your photo on a website is same thing really.