Google Glass, the lens of the sponsors - Computer Point

Into The authorities warranty in ten countries around the world write at the top of Bigg asking for clarification on the collection of personal information through the intelligent glasses. They want to see Google Glass in action

Rome – Gathered in Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), the guarantors for the protection of personal data in ten countries in the world have written to the CEO of Google Larry Page asking for a comparison on the expected intelligent glasses Glass Project. From Canada to Italy, the various authorities require some clarification on the possible implications lens augmented reality on the privacy rights of millions of citizens .

In the letter addressed to the leaders of the Californian, the members of GPEN want to know what information will be collected through Google Glass, especially with which third parties will be shared and how specifically would be exploited by the Mountain View giant . Among the thorniest issues related to the new smart models, the silent collection of personal data through the micro-camera or microphone, which would be necessary without the expressed consent of the subjects or register.

In particular, the function Face recognition has come under the scrutiny of the authorities to guarantee international, after the same Project Glass had announced the exclusion of any application able to identify strangers passing through. All those apps that take advantage of the camera or microphone to scrape together or disclose the identity by means of voice or facial recognition will therefore be banned because they do not comply with the current rules of the Bi gg regarding privacy.

The adjustment of policies Glass does not seem to have convinced the guarantors on the planet who have asked the CEO Larry Page to participate in a comparison to a series of practical demonstrations on the operation of super-glasses. “Anyone would end within visual range of the wearer of these glasses could, as far as we know, come photographed, filmed, and recognized once had access to your data around the web, identified in his tastes, his opinions, his choices of life, “said the Guarantor Italian Antonello Soro.

While Google Goggles trigger policy debate on the classic pairing of high-tech opportunities and risks for the private lives of citizens, the tricolor GlassUp startup is working on an alternative less expensive – € 299 against the $ 1,500 currently spent by the first tester in the States – the lenses intelligent Mountain View. Thanks to Bluetooth technology, GlassUp the model will work as a second screen of the smartphone , leaving before one’s eyes the whole multitude of information that would otherwise be displayed on the single device. In the Italian market launch in February 2014 – almost simultaneously with glasses California – GlassUp the model is not the only one to ride the enthusiasm for wearable technology à la Glass. Intel is working with a number of technologies to be integrated in wearable devices.

Mauro Old