Friday, May 31, 2013

Google won't approve facial recognition Glass apps until it has 'privacy protections in place'

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In a post on Google+ today, Google said that it does not intend on approving any apps with facial recognition features — though it hasn't closed the door the possibility in the future. In the post, Google said "many have expressed both interest and concern around the possibilities of facial recognition in Glass. ... We won’t add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place." Google also stressed that this is not an especially new policy, and indeed two weeks ago Steve Lee, director of product management for Google Glass, made a statement along similar lines: "We’ve consistently said that we won’t add new face recognition features to our services unless we have strong privacy...


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