“Critics of Google Glass usually remark on how the device allows its owner to take photos and videos of other people without their knowledge or consent, which has contributed to some backlash, including bans on Glass in some establishments and an alleged assault on a Glass user,” John Zorabedian reports for Naked Security. “But a spyware app developed by two researchers has shown that Google Glass can be used to secretly take photos of whatever a Glass wearer is looking at without their knowledge – making the Glass user the one whose privacy and security is potentially compromised.”
“The lens display usually lights up whenever Glass is in use, which is the only way to tell when Glass is on – other than witnessing voice and gesture commands used by the wearer such as ‘Okay Glass, take a photo,'” Zorabedian reports. “However, according to media reports, the app takes a photo every 10 seconds when the display is off, meaning the wearer (or anyone in view of the camera) is unaware that it’s recording. The app can also access the internet from the user’s Glass connection to upload the images to a server.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Two-way Spywear.
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Such a DORKY product. From a distance who are you to know that these GlassHOLES are not recording and taking pictures of you.
Oh my gosh, who would have thought that Gaagle would allow this to happen?
Well…. they told you [developers] not to.
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I constantly hear the Google fanboys on podcasts saying how it is ‘the Future’, yet even they seldom wear them, think they look like dorks, complain about watching more than a few seconds of video and how the battery lasts only about three hours.
Why does Google get a ‘free ride’ with obviously bad technology?
They look like props from a soviet era flash gordon knockoff movie. All he’s missing is the shiny red leotard with gold flash motif on the front.
They use an open, unprotected OS, from a company who has stated that if you get infected it’s the users fault for not being ‘careful’ – they deserve all they get.
The question is, “Do we deserve to endure the results of their choices?” Out pictures are being taken without anyone being aware except the recipient of the images. We don’t know who they are or what their objectives are. That Glasshole whose boyfriend started the bar fight is just the beginning. “I feel threatened by the presence of the Glasshole and I think I’ll stand my ground.”
We’ll, hopefully Google will use Glass extensively in their research departments. This should provide endless uphill laughs with terrifying roller coaster lows.
And that makes me wonder if Google have banned employees wearing their ‘Google Goggles’ in their own research departments.
lol!
And Google wonders why everyone is banning them? Just another great feature of OPEN OS for Android. Enjoy people!
Glass is know to break up your marriage.
I’ve read that Glass is running on Android and wasn’t it Page or Brin who said that Android is not meant to be secure? How can this really be the basis for anyone going forward? It is truly amazing that even the US gov’t is considering deploying Android devices.
If I was a cop, I’d round them all up for illegal street stalking.
MORE fun with Google insecurity!
Apps with millions of Google Play downloads covertly mine crypto currency
Researchers said they have uncovered two apps that were downloaded from the official Google Play market more than one million times that use Android devices to mine the Litecoin and Dogecoin crypto currencies without explicitly informing end users.
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The strain can be especially onerous on smartphones, because they’re equipped with hardware that’s much less powerful than that found in traditional computers. The apps discovered by Trend Micro were programmed to mine coins only when devices were recharging. That setting would help prevent batteries from draining quickly, but it would do nothing to prevent devices from overheating or consuming large amounts of bandwidth.