Some U.S. lawmakers are dissatisfied with the response given by Google in relation to the concerns of governments about the privacy policies of Google Glass.
The representative of the state of Texas was a most critical of the attitude of the giant of search engines. Joe Barton says there were questions that were answered inaccurately and others did not even have the right to an answer.
The attitude of Google is to condition the Glass, in the opinion of the congressman, who considers how smart glasses a product with the potential to change the way people communicate and interact. Joe Barton believes that people’s rights and privacy must be protected above all else. The reactions are a result of Google to answer to a letter from eight U.S. congressmen, which were exposed certain concerns Privacy related to the use of Google Glass. The rulers sought to know the extent to which facial recognition technology to be exploited in the equipment and how far could invade the privacy of citizens oblivious. The Google defends itself by saying that people’s privacy is a priority top to the company and that the vid eo recording and taking pictures is only possible through voice activation, is an example of how the device was thought not to be surreptitiously intrusive.All Glass files from Google will be able to be remotely managed – in this case, eliminated in case of theft or loss – ensuring that content that has images of third parties may be safeguarded in order to limit its spread, writes ZDNet.
The issue of privacy of Google Glass is far from over: recently, thirty-seven data protection authorities, including Portugal, signed a letter to Google asking for explanations about where the smart glasses.
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