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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by johnrob on Monday July 08, 2013 @06:52PM (#6009907)
The first list is missing one bullet (at the bottom):

* Possibly get arrested

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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by nateabele on Monday July 08, 2013 @07:33PM (#6010111)
I don't think the significance of this can be understated. Two reasons:

One, I think the act of pulling something off of someone's face is a lot different from pulling something out of someone's hand. It's subtle on the surface, but crossing that kind of social boundary on a regular enough basis could be exactly the tipping point that turns public opinion against law enforcement on a broad scale.

Two, as the technology and form factor mature, it'll simply be harder to tell whether something is/contains a camera or not.

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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by saalweachter on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @07:14AM (#6012078)
Have they come out with the prescription lenses version of Google Glass yet?
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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by maxmcd on Monday July 08, 2013 @07:06PM (#6009981)
If that bullet exists in the first list, it'll eventually exist in the second. Given enough time.
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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by atwebb on Monday July 08, 2013 @09:13PM (#6010490)
But there's another barrier for arrest, you can't tell if it's recording (or if there's a light, people will hack it/cover it). If 8 people around have glass, it'd be fairly difficult to notice all of them, check for the recordings, and take them.

I know miniature cameras exist right now but since they only function as a camera, there's not too much utility to always having one around. Glass though has a camera but that's not it's main selling point.

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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by rca on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @03:36AM (#6011563)
Do you mean there are laws (in the US) about filming something in public, or just risk an arbitrary arrest for annoying a cop? I remember reading a story about a guy who installed a software to record from the webcam of the computers in an apple store and I think the legality of it was unclear because it was in a public place or something. (although he did end up with tons of troubles)
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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by coldpie on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @09:10AM (#6012444)
He means risking arrest for annoying a cop. It happens very frequently. When the victim sues, the decision always goes in the victim's favor. Sometimes with large cash rewards.

Police officers are abysmally trained and are effectively immune from the law, so expect to see abuses like this continue.

See this article, and the links in it, for some examples: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/11/jury-says-journal...

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Re:First arrest captured on Google Glass points to a “Little... by nmridul on Monday July 08, 2013 @10:05PM (#6010662)
* Or possibility to get shot because you were pulling something out of your pocket.
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