Google Says No to Glass Apps with Facial Recognition Until Privacy Protection is Implemented
The Google Glass journey has been both exciting to watch and controversial at times. The wearable tech has piqued the public’s attention with its ability to display information on a small display and capture both photos and video using its built-in camera. What’s rubbing people the wrong way is that the same built-in camera has raised major privacy concerns. There’s just something unsettling thinking about people roaming around with a camera mounted to their face thanks to Google Glass. Today Google tried to put some of those manage some of those concerns.
Google took to the official Project Glass Google+ page to elaborate on a policy it has which would disallow facial recognition in its products until it’s rolled out “strong privacy protections.” The company says that that’s the same case with Google Glass. This basically means that Google will not be approving any Glass apps with facial recognition until it implements privacy protection.
Google also took this opportunity to explain some of the other Glass policies. For example, Google will not allow developers to disable Glass’s display while the unit’s camera is in use. This is meant to make it easier for others to know when a Glass unit is capturing photos or video by seeing that the unit’s display is lit up. Additionally, Google also added its existing Android policies regarding hate speech, gambling and explicit material to the Glass terms of use.
If you want to read Google’s full statement, head on down to the source link below.
