In chapter 8 of the Filter Bubble, Eli Pariser provides solutions to resolve the horrible information diet of today’s society. He provides solutions as to what the government should do, in which he says that the governments should be obligated to protect the state that they govern be regulating information society. Well, it might be safe to say that we are taking a step towards this direction.
I recently read an article stating that the Bipartisan Privacy Caucus has sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page adressing the potential privacy issues arising from the incredibly innovative Google Glass product. This also relates to our class, as we have discussed Google glass and how it can be extremely intrusive with repsect to privacy, and this article addresses many of our same concerns.
As long as google glass remains a clearly visible and tangible device I feel it will follow the same rules as currently held for cameras, phones, Bluetooth earpieces and so on. Basically google glass is a combination of existing devices packed into a pair of glasses. As with any of those devices you are able to turn it off or put it away, where it would not receive information. If someone is looking at you while wearing google glass it is the same as they are pointing a camera, voice recorder or iPad at you. Casinos have already banned the use of google glass since there are a multitude of ways to use the technology to increase your winning odds and more. If google glass technology was not something others can see you are using (concealed device) or if it were something implanted or hard wired then we could only imagine on how many ways it would be immoral, illegal and an invasion of privacy.