– an interesting take on the future of privacy in the wake of Google Glass from Mark Hurst, Creative Good. Excerpt follows:

The Google Glass feature that (almost) no one is talking about is the experience – not of the user, but of everyone other than the user. A tweet by David Yee introduces it well: There is a kid wearing Google Glasses at this restaurant which, until just now, used to be my favorite spot.

[...] Let me paint a picture. Ten years from now, someone, some company, or some organization, takes an interest in you, wants to know if you’ve ever said anything they consider offensive, or threatening, or just includes a mention of a certain word or phrase they find interesting. A single search query within Google’s cloud – whether initiated by a publicly available search, or a federal subpoena, or anything in between – will instantly bring up documentation of every word you’ve ever spoken within earshot of a Google Glass device… Read the full post >>