The Dark Side of Google Glasses

The Dark Side of Google Glasses

Google Glass may be the most innovative product of the decade, but Google is still being questioned to address issues related to security and privacy of users of this device.
Before Getting to the Dark Side of Google Glass, lets have an overview on how Google glass’ technical specifications.

Google Glass Specifications

Google Glass sports a  640x360 screen, allowing us to look through these glasses.The 5 mega pixel camera is another feature of Google Glass that makes it stand out of the league, which also includes the ability to record 720p HD videos.
It includes a 16 GB flash storage memory, which can be extended by 12 GB through Google drive, cloud storage space.
The augmented reality glasses from Google also include a micro USB port. It is equipped with compatibility to 802.11b / g connectivity and Wi-Fi ability. However, it doesn’t include 3G or 4G LTE.

The Dark Side

Keeping the positive aspects aside, let’s talk about a few negative aspects.
Google has recently released the Source Code of Google Glass project, partially. It posed several security and vulnerability issues.  One of the best known developers in the iOS universe, Saurik , in fact, was able to jailbreak the device.
Saurik mentioned in his blog, that Google glass is open and vulnerable to hackers. It is open for remote access and control without being aware of it. Since, the glasses can be sported anywhere, and has the capability to record videos, sound and speech without people surrounding, being aware of it, it poses a serious problem of privacy.
A few days ago, Robert Scoble demonstrate on his Google+ post that the glasses could be used even in the shower.
It the vulnerability problem persists, Google would face a major challenge before establishing Google Glasses in the market.The Google Glass is truly innovative, and we are keen to see it in action, but certainly, Google must address the issues related to security.
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