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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by k3n on Monday July 08, 2013 @06:37PM (#6009817)
Only because they don't know what Glass is yet; the same could be said for John Q. Public back when the first cell phone shipped with a camera.

Also, it's still possible to film covertly with a cell phone, whether it's rigging it into your clothing somehow, or simply holding it up and pretending to talk on it. Google wasn't even the first to incorporate a video recorder into eyeglasses...

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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by azakai on Monday July 08, 2013 @06:39PM (#6009832)
True, this is just an incremental change in that direction, but a significant one I think.
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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by jamesjyu on Monday July 08, 2013 @10:18PM (#6010707)
Eventually devices like Glass will be too small to detect.
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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by k3n on Monday July 08, 2013 @11:41PM (#6010968)
Eventually? Although I've not tried them myself, a quick search of the internet pulls up numerous "spy" cameras built into all sorts of things, including eye glasses, that are virtually undetectable.

One example I found:

http://www.homesecuritystore.com/p-2319-dvr290-hidden-camera...

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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by ErikAugust on Monday July 08, 2013 @11:32PM (#6010939)
Right - and there are already much subtler devices like Memoto (http://memoto.com/) that have been created for the purpose of continuously logging photos. The obvious progression for Memoto, I'd think, is video.
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