Google Glass hack allows for facial recognition, clearly Google is not happy

07/18/2013 - 00:00


By Steve Henn -

At Philz Coffee in Palo Alto, Calif., a kid who looks like he should still be in high school is sitting across from me. He's wearing Google Glass. As I stare into the device's cyborg eye, I'm waiting for its tiny screen to light up.

Then, I wait for a signal that Google Glass has recognized my face.

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