Google says it won’t approve any Glass apps with facial recognition until it has protections in place

Google says it won’t approve any Glass apps with facial recognition until it has protections in place

While Google is not going to permit facial recognition with Google Glass as of yet, it seems to me that it's only a matter of time until this feature will be available.

"Today, Google posted a notice to its Google Glass channel on G+ that lays out its plan to prevent abuse of facial recognition on the head-mounted computer. Its solution? Reject any Glassware that uses it until they have proper protections in place.

Since Glass began hitting people’s faces, the questions about how a wearable camera with a computer attached would affect privacy have been ramping up. Specifically, facial recognition technology jumped out as a concern. If Google Glass can take HD video of you, why couldn’t it match your face up with a G+ profile or other data set and allow the user access to more information at a ‘glance’ than you’d care to give them?"

Google has promised not to add facial recognition to any of their products without having privacy protections in place. Consider the line in the sand still drawn.

Read the complete article at:
http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/06/01/google-says-it-wont-approve-any-glass-apps-with-facial-recognition-until-it-has-protections-in-place/