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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGoogle Glass's 'Wink' Is the Ultimate Advance in Creepshot Technology
Google developed a version of the photo winking app back in May. It was originally known as Winky, but has now been shortened to just Wink. Developer Mike DiGiovanni told The Verge at the time that Winky is triggered by eye movement that is bolder than a blink.
Obviously, the "creepshot" possibilities raises privacy concerns that have dogged Google Glass from the beginning, and which Google has not been great at addressing so far. The Wink feature makes it even more likely someone might be able to snap a photo without the subject realizing it. Representative Joe Barton said in August he was disappointed by Google's response to a number of questions on the product, like how Google will alter its privacy policies in light of Glass. Google was among a number of tech companies demanding reform of the NSA's mass surveillance program. Maybe Google and the government can reach some sort of no-spying pact? (Don't hold your breath on that one.)
http://news.yahoo.com/google-glass-39-39-wink-39-ulitmate-advance-182026153.html
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)Not all of them are excellent. Will it be the device of the year next year? I suspect it will be. There will be porn of it, too.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)The ever-expanding creepshot community will worship Google.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)and know that the user can see what he is taking a photo of.
jmowreader
(50,562 posts)You meet a cute guy. You like him a lot. He'd be great to go to bed with, so you do. And because he's considerate, he takes off his Google Glass and sets it on the nightstand.
Three days later: "Angie, have you heard what they're all talking about here in the student lunchroom? You're in a sex tape! The principal says you're a bad influence on the students so you're suspended, and the school board is planning to terminate your contract for moral turpitude."
The next call is from your one night stand: give me $10,000 right now and I'll take it off my website.
frylock
(34,825 posts)FSogol
(45,520 posts)reversal.
As to the OP, how did putting a camera on a phone differ from this? Worrying about cameras in locker rooms didn't exist before the advent of phone cameras. Your beloved smart phone is twice as pervy.
frylock
(34,825 posts)if Apple had released this, it would be one of the greatest innovations evah.
FSogol
(45,520 posts)May their highly-priced magnificent shine down on us!