Recently, Facebook in collaboration with Ray-Bans released a pair of sunglasses. Unlike many other similar products that came before them, these camera-equipped sunglasses, look shockingly like normal glasses. These could be very useful for capturing moments hands-free or in active situations. While the snap spectacles and google glass looked very obviously different from conventional glasses, most people probably won't even notice if they are being recorded by somebody wearing these Facebook sunglasses.
While this is a natural evolution
for the technology to get more seamless and feel less in the way, it is certainly
of concern for many individuals. These glasses would make it very easy to record
others without them knowing and for under $400. This privacy concern, for both
the wearers and those around them, isn’t helped by the not-so-perfect track
record that Facebook has with users’ private data. Do you really want one of
the most data-hungry companies to have just that much more information about you
if they so desired?
I'm feeling the 2nd part of this post. I'm feeling concerned about increasingly obvious data mining. When is enough enough?
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