Google Glass Privacy Poll: Latinos Post Readers Weigh In On Issue

This past weekend, we reported [or view poll below] on a letter eight Congressmen penned to Google CEO Larry Page. In it, they expressed their concerns that Google Glass, the company's upcoming wearable computer device, could violate the privacy of the "average American."

At the end of the report, we asked readers what they thought; whether it was "an issue for me," "not sure at this point, depends on the final product" or "not an issue for me."

By a small but significant margin, most readers weighed in that it was not an issue. A 39.2 percent majority indicated that they do not feel Google Glass will present a privacy issue going into the future.

As commenter Timothy Hampton states, "There is no privacy concern, it does nothing that a smartphone can't do (and with a smartphone, you can pretend you are making a phone call)."

However, 35.6 percent of those polled reported that Google Glass already presents a privacy concern, perhaps sharing the sentiments of the eight Congressmen.

And there were several questions posed in the Congressmens' letter:

"What proactive steps is Google taking to protect the privacy of non-users when Google Glass is in use?"

"When using Google Glass, is it true that this product would be able to use Facial Recognition Technology to unveil personal information about whomever and even some inanimate objects that the user is viewing?"

"Would Google Glass collect any data about the user without the user's knowledge and consent?"

23.3 percent of readers echoed my view that we simply do not know enough about the technology to raise any pertinent issues. Google has been fairly tight-lipped regarding the specifics of Glass, and considering the final product may be years away, it may be too proactive to begin addressing issues that might not even exist.

Regardless, Google Glass seems poised to take the tech world by storm, and there's no doubt that it will have its share of both proponents and detractors in significant volumes when it eventually launches.