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  • Google glass is sparking some concerns for a group of lawmakers. The problem... privacy.

  • Eight members of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus are currently awaiting answers

  • to a letter sent to Google's chief executive Larry Page. In the letter, the group outlined

  • eight questions about how the technology would impact the privacy of the "average American."

  • (Via YouTube / Project Glass)

  • Some questions highlight Google's track record, bringing up the 2010 incident where Google

  • collected user data over wireless networks without permission.

  • Others focus on the actual capabilities of the technology.

  • The letter even goes so far as asking what limitations will be put on app developers.

  • (Via U.S. Congress)

  • Glass will essentially allow users to connect to the Internet and do things like take photographs,

  • record and watch video, send text messages and post to social media sites through device

  • that resembles a pair of glasses. (Via ABC)

  • But lawmakers like Texas Rep. Joe Barton don't want Google Glass wearers to have the ability

  • to record other people without them knowing. And Congress members, like him, aren't the

  • only ones worried about what the technology could potentially do.

  • Caesars Palace recently banned Google Glass, saying the use of recording devices and computers

  • aren't allowed when gambling. (Via Caesars Palace)

  • But a writer for The Motely Fool argues this reaction to new technology is no different

  • than others we've seen in the past.

  • In 2003, the problem was camera phones and their growing popularity and quality. (Via

  • Wikimedia Commons / OptoScalpel)

  • Just like we're seeing now, the questions then revolved around how to handle and regulate

  • the technology... but the point is, eventually we learned to how to deal with it.

  • "It's still too early to give Google Glass that much credit, but it's also too early

  • to write it off. We may figure out a way to adapt the new technology into our lives without

  • giving up all of our privacy. We've certainly done it before."

  • Google defended its technology against these privacy worries during the Google I/O conference

  • on Thursday. An engineer on the Glass team pointed out that social cues will alert others

  • that you're looking at them.

  • "If I'm recording you, I have to stare at youas a human being. And when someone

  • is staring at you, you have to notice. If you walk into a restroom and someone's just

  • looking at you — I don't know about you but I'm getting the hell out of there."

  • Nonetheless, the group of lawmakers is expecting a response to all of their questions no later

  • than June 14.

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