Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 20th Feb 2013 11:40 UTC
This is amazing. Not only has Google just opened up the pre-order program for Google Glass to 'creative individuals', it has also unveiled what the user interface looks like and how it works. It's... Nothing short of amazing. I'm throwing money, credit cards, my car keys, my house keys, my Surface RT, my cats, everything at my screen. I want this so bad.
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RE[6]: Cool, but could also be ridicule
by Nelson on Wed 20th Feb 2013 20:22
in reply to "RE[5]: Cool, but could also be ridicule"
Member since:2005-11-29
Well, why? Atleast with Google they're not selling your details to others, but if it was some non-advertising company you could bet your ass that they'd sell all the details they could to some 3rd party they do not really have control over, and would that really be preferable to you?
Google does sell your content to advertisers, though not personally identifiable in most cases, it does scan through sensitive materials like e-mail. I don't think it'd be too much of a leap to suggest they could do it for other sources of information.
These contextual ads are no-opts , you cannot turn them off. Google is a nefarious company which occasionally does some pretty neat things like Glass.
RE[7]: Cool, but could also be ridicule
by WereCatf on Wed 20th Feb 2013 20:43
in reply to "RE[6]: Cool, but could also be ridicule"
Member since:2006-02-15
Google does sell your content to advertisers
No, they sell information about trends, not your content.
though not personally identifiable in most cases
In most cases? They don't sell information about individual people, they sell marketing data in large batches of tens of thousands of people.
It's okay to not like that, but atleast get your facts straight.
it does scan through sensitive materials like e-mail. I don't think it'd be too much of a leap to suggest they could do it for other sources of information.
Aye, but how does that differ from everyone else, then? They all do that these days, and if Google Glass came from some other entity they'd do that just as well. Again, it's okay to not be okay with that, but let's not pretend that Google is somehow a more evil entity than the others here.
RE[6]: Cool, but could also be ridicule
by leos on Thu 21st Feb 2013 16:29
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Member since:2005-09-21
RE[7]: Cool, but could also be ridicule
by chithanh on Sun 24th Feb 2013 00:51
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Member since:2006-06-18
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2006-02-15
Well, why? Atleast with Google they're not selling your details to others, but if it was some non-advertising company you could bet your ass that they'd sell all the details they could to some 3rd party they do not really have control over, and would that really be preferable to you?