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Man wearing Google Glass detained after movie

Posted by WillH 10 years, 10 months ago to Technology

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This is a ridiculous waste of tax payer money! The feds involved? Seriously? How the hell does a logical person justify this over reaction? It makes no sense at all.

SOURCE URL: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/01/22/feds-question-man-for-wearing-google-glass-in-movie-theater/?intcmp=latestnews

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Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago

I initially wondered the same thing. But movie piracy is big business and companies invested in the industry are cracking down. ICE is the agency which oversees piracy issues. Major cities are where most of the illegal recording happens. This is where you catch them.

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  Posted by WillH 10 years, 10 months ago
  
  I agree that piracy is wrong, and that it should be pursued as it is the intellectual property of the creators, but calling out the feds to detain the man seems a bit on the extreme side.
  
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    Posted by Hiraghm 10 years, 10 months ago
    
    I'm just going to refuse to go see movies, or buy movies. They don't need my money.
    
    Presumption of innocence, remember that?
    They want to keep their intellectual property... fine. I want to keep my money, then. It's win-win.
    
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    Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
    
    I 'll bet they have dedicated agents to just handle this issue and the theater companies have a cooperative agreement. Frankly it's more effective than starting with local police. But why was there an immigration spoksperson? What do you think of google glass?
    
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      Posted by WillH 10 years, 10 months ago
      
      Yeah, the immigration thing is a bit weird.
      
      I like what I see of google Glass thus far. It’s a neat gadget, but not one that I will most likely get. I have no need to walk around looking like a cyborg. LOL. Still, it will be interesting to see just what it can do over time. The communications possibility alone makes it interesting.
      
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        Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
        
        Im still on the fence regarding its disruptiveness. It's pretty "me too " as products go. But I am worried about privacy issues. I know it's not alot different from your phone in many ways so why does it bug me. It just does. The last thing we need is a bunch of govt agents wearing the things tallying up your felonies and violations while they 're staring at you.
        
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        Posted by WillH 10 years, 10 months ago
        
        This is true, and a real shame that we have to think about such things when a new product comes out.
        
        I am sure there will be government officials to assure us that if we have done nothing wrong we have nothing to hide. LOL
        
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        Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 10 months ago
        
        I don't have a problem with knowledge about "felonies and violations", those are public knowledge and can help law enforcement - at least the safety of law enforcement.
        What I'm concerned about is the other data that they could tap into without a warrant - phone records, mail records (do you know that every piece of mail that is autosorted is photographed?), cable channels viewed, library books checked out, face recognition from gun shows, etc. These are private records - or at least should be considered as such - but the ease with which they can be obtained is frightening.
        
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        Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
        
        no I did not know that! I wasn't referring to public record, I was thinking more take your picture and some program analyzes what violations you may be charged with or worse. The google neighbor cops. Minority report
        
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        Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 10 months ago
        
        How about picking up a glass you used to drink from, or a cigarette you just put out, or similar and running a DNA test to predict your chemical imbalances and infer your susceptibility to commit crimes.
        
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