Congress Wants Answers on Google Glass Privacy

A group of Congress members have sent a letter to Google seeking answers to privacy and data concerns caused by Google Glass. The letter, signed by eight members of the Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, including caucus co-chairman Joe Barton, R-Texas, was directed to Google co-founder Larry Page, with a request for responses to questions by June 14.

"We are curious whether this new technology could infringe on the privacy of the average American," wrote caucus co-chairman Joe Barton. "Because Google Glass has not yet been released and we are uncertain of Google's plans to incorporate privacy protections into the device, there are still a number of unanswered questions that we share."

Among the questions are whether Glass will be able to use facial recognition technology "to unveil personal information about whomever and even some inanimate objects that the user is viewing?" If the company is collecting "device-specific information (such as your hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers and mobile network information including phone number)" will Glass also collect data "about the user without the user's knowledge and consent? If so, why? If not, please explain."

Meanwhile, the headset, which is able to record video footage and take photos based on voice commands, has already been jailbroken within the developer phase. Modified enough, Glass could be used to innocuously record everything around you without any indicative behaviour or phrases.

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