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Debate: "Google Glass should be banned in public"55% For - 45% Against |
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ForEven easier to be oblivious. With the new Google Glass update, people can take pictures simply by winking! If people can snap images of another with nothing more than a surreptitious wink on a device connected to the web, it becomes harder to tell that they're taking pictures than if they're saying, "OK Glass, take a picture" or pressing on the side of their specs. Filmed without consent. These can be used to film someone without their consent (or possibly even their knowledge) and that is not right. Criminality/Legality. Early Google Glass users have already been banned from wearing these in government buildings. I think they should be banned from all areas because they can easily invade people's privacy because criminals could use these glasses to record credit card numbers being typed in! Glass may be a threat to privacy. Someone wearing Glass comes over, they could take a picture of you and share it via social media within seconds. It is then impossible for the person in the photo to stop this. Huge piracy danger. It will be easier for people to engage in movie piracy and they could also be used in Casinos... Easily hackable. Glass can be hacked using Javascript which means that hackers can steal your data and recordings of others. |
AgainstAs good/bad as a smartphone. What difference is there between someone in the bus taking a picture of you with a phone and these new glasses? It is essentially the same. How can you tell someone's taking a picture of you on their phone? Maybe they're viewing directions or video calling on Skype, the concept is the same with Google Glass. The privacy concerns with this are also ubiquitous with smartphones and, the reality is, this is just a smartphone on your head. Socially unacceptable? I feel personally that talking to someone whilst they are wearing the 'Google Glass' can make situations, and a normal conversation, feel awkward and different. Think outside the box. Google Glass is amazing and many police departments have realised this through equipping their officers with these spectacles. A filmmaker recorded footage of a brawl on his Google Glass' built-in camera and gave it to the police. This is proof that Glass will change citizen journalism forever, the fact that these glasses are relatively unnoticeable make a huge difference as things can be recorded without holding up a cell phone. Privacy must evolve. Nothing can stop the evolution and innovation of technology, and privacy must follow suit. Privacy has changed substantially over the past few decades. The Internet, computers and cell phones have radically changed privacy. Every change will of course generate some controversy and we need to accept these changes. More visible than hidden cameras. There are cameras in almost every public area. They take a snapshot into our lives on a daily basis and Glass is just the latest evolution of technology! (Opening point) |
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Response information
Debate starter: Tabitha
For"Even easier to be oblivious"Joooe
"Filmed without consent." "Criminal Glassholes." Raymond Vermont "Google Glass is a huge threat to privacy." Golden Monkey "Huge piracy danger" - Raj Makhijani "Easily Hackable" |
Against"As good/bad as a smartphone"
"Socially unacceptable." - Lisa King "Think outside the box." - Chris "Privacy must evolve." (Debate Starter) "More visible than cameras. " |
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