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How I Lost My Google Glass (and Regained Some Faith In Humanity)
Nerval's Lobster writes "The winter weather made my hands numb. I was distracted, rushed, running late to a meeting. Put those two things together, and it's a recipe for disaster,' Boonsri Dickinson writes in her account of how she lost her Google Glass unit. 'The cab had already gone two blocks before I realized my Google Glass was no longer in my hand. I asked the driver to swing back around to where he picked me up; I retraced my steps along the snowy street to my apartment, looking for my $1,500 device. No luck. Total panic.' The device featured photos, video, email, and other data that, in the wrong hands, could seriously upend her life. Fortunately, the person who found the Glass unit was a.) more interested in returning the device than wrecking her existence, and b.) engaged in quite a bit of digital detective work to track her down (with some help from Google). 'The device holds more than enough data to make me nervous about the possible voyeuristic invasion of my privacy, and the fear of the thought that the media connected to my Glass would possibly end up online, somewhere, cached forever in a Google search,' she concluded. But the saga also reset some of her faith in humanity."
I see dice is hiring the same 'writers' that work at those new bastions of internet journalism.
This article has not restored my faith in Slashdot
Would you bring somebody else's camera into your own house?
If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.
Funny how your only worried about your privacy here...
I misplaced my cell phone the other day. It also upended my existence. Then, I found it and restored faith in myself. In other news, some bears crapped in the woods.
If you have data that may incriminate, embarrass or cause financial loss, then the proper place for said data is probably not on a device which is easily lost. If one of the primary purposes of an easily lost device is to collect and store data that may incriminate, embarrass or cause financial loss, than that device probably shouldn't exist.
If you are not allowed to question your government then the government has answered your question.
is that as soon as you lose a device, not only are you $200-$2000 out of pocket, but your life could easily be ruined by a nefarious passer-by who happened to find your lost gadget. No technology is private, stop deluding yourself.
If you gave me a choice between a printer and a giraffe with explosive diarrhoea, i'll get my ladder and my raincoat
>The device holds more than enough data to make me nervous about the possible voyeuristic invasion of my privacy
With Goolge in charge you can bet that this invasion of her privacy is nothing but possible.
"The device featured photos, video, email, and other data that, in the wrong hands, could seriously upend her life." She's carrying data around on a mobile device that could seriously upend her life? I don't even store that kind of data on my home laptop in the clear. It never ceases to amaze me that people store sensitive information unencrypted on small mobile device. One word: TrueCrypt.
Then there would be no worry about your oh so precious life ending up online.
Got an invite to purchase Google Glass last week. I was excited and had almost made the purchase before my coworker made the observation that if I wear them anywhere in downtown Rochester NY there is a good chance I will be mugged. I guess the moral of the story is until they make it not obvious that I am wearing $1500 on my head that this is probably an impractical accessory for anyone living where crime is at all prevalent.
"Stupid Git Loses Thing, Good Samaritan Returns It" isn't really what I'd call front-page headline material... if it is, society is far more fucked than I previously believed.
OH, the 'thing' was Google Glass? Well, that changes everything, doesn't it?
Side note: If the person who found them "engaged in quite a bit of digital detective work to track [the stupid git] down," What gives her the impression they didn't clone everything on the device before handing it back over?
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
honestly. when I saw the headline "how i lost my google glass and regained some faith in humanity" I assumed it was about a person who lost his/her google glass and came to his/her senses about how awful it is to wear those everywhere.
Have to get out of your wealthy tech cocoon and see the real world.
honestly. when I saw the headline "how i lost my google glass and regained some faith in humanity" I assumed it was about a person who lost his/her google glass and came to his/her senses about how awful it is to wear those everywhere.
I thought so too.
but it was more like a story of "omg I lost my phone and got it back" - which would have been amazing tbh(chances of getting a google glass back are far higher than an iphone, because it's so exotic still).
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
the piece is by Boonsri Dickinson. her profile is here, along with a pic. it even shows her wearing her stupid glass.
http://slashdot.org/topic/auth...
Her bio includes "a leader in the DIY filmmaking movement", which means that she records people on the street with her glass and posts it online.
there are all sorts of channels for sharing your feedback on her piece directly. twitter would be the most fun, @boonsri #glasshole.
... are probably more reliable than humanity, as a general rule.
"'The device holds more than enough data to make me nervous about the possible voyeuristic invasion of my privacy, and the fear of the thought that the media connected to my Glass would possibly end up online, somewhere, cached forever in a Google search,' she concluded. "
So she has a device that can essentially record, upload, index and publicize the activity of others without their consent and she's worried about her privacy. Oh, sweet irony, how have thee forsaken the narcissist hipster Glassholes?
It seems like this would be something she'd be able to track down from the internet using her Google account, but I wasn't able to find anything doing a quick search. After all, even Apple provides one for the iPhone.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Maaaaaaaaaybe you shouldn't create not-so-public-friendly media of any kind of a portable device...or any computer anywhere ever. It's like the rule of don't put it on the internet if you don't want everyone in the world to see it. Don't store personal photos and data and logins and videos and files on a portable, steal-able, lose-able device. That's just stupid.
I somehow manage to get through every day without constantly taking pictures, checking feeds and updates, etc with a device strapped to my head. Maybe everyone else can pull it off too.
Have to get out of your wealthy tech cocoon and see the real world.
Come again? Not sure what point you're trying to make here...
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
"possible voyeuristic invasion of my privacy", self porn or worse? What a lousy piece of report is this? I sort of lost my faith on /. ;)
It was repeated several times in the article; she was worried about 'media' on the device being posted to the internet. That it would be a 'voyeuristic invasion of privacy.'
You all realize what's being said here right? I don't think I'm speculating too much here; she took naughty photos and/or video with her glass. That's why she was so worried. Not the cost, nor her email (which she changed the password on after the fact), nor much of anything really, aside from the 'media on the device'. This wasn't her worrying about someone being critical of her lunch choices or the amount of mayonnaise she uses. She recorded some pants-off time and didn't want to be embarrassed.
At some point, society needs to get a little more aware of their own situation. Anything you record in digital media may very well be persisted indefinitely, and seen by others. This could be due to theft or cell phone hacking or an upset significant other. This goes for tweets, for emails, for forum postings, for photos, for video. If it's electronic media, now a days, you can bet the/a government has access to it if they want it at the very least.
There's a really easy way to avoid this though; learn to never record something you don't want other people seeing. It's not that hard. Alternatively, make your peace with it if you choose to do so anyway.
Lassie: Woof!
Peggy: Timmy fell down the well!?
Lassie: Woof! Growl!
Peggy: Timmy lost his Google glasses?!?
Lassie: Woof! Woof!
Peggy: Timmy found his Google glasses!?
Lassie runs off crapping on the carpet as he heads towards the door.
Peggy: Oh, Lassie wanted to go outside.
Harrison's Postulate - "For every action there is an equal and opposite criticism"
The device holds more than enough data to make me nervous about the possible voyeuristic invasion of my privacy,
Sort of absurd you didn't consider that you might lose them or have them stolen.
That said how about the invasion of "relative" privacy for everyone around you with your Glass and soon to be available (or already available) facial recognition apps?
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
>> and the fear of the thought that the media connected to my Glass would possibly end up online, somewhere, cached forever in a Google search, ...and of course it doesn't even occur to the dumb bitch that Google themselves would already be doing pretty much exactly that too.
I would think Google Glasses could transmit their location.
Wouldn't it be a matter of calling Google who could then tell you where the glasses are?
We often get too jaded from the news about the worst of humanity. Sure they are more then their fare share of bad people. However most people if given the opportunity will do the right thing, or at least something neutral.
Now if you found a pair of Google Glasses, would the first thing on your mind would be messing with the guys personal information, I mean he just lost an expensive device, messing with him will just add insult to injury. Secondly Google loves to track. How long do you think it will take for Google/Police to track you down, especially for a relatively rare device, which is expensive (aka Grand Theft).
If you did mess with the guy, how much more trouble would you be.
In short it is easier and safer to do the right thing than to be malicious.
Now if it was a Wallet with $1,500 in unmarked bills... That may be a different case, and would take a person with a strong/practiced morality to resist it.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
The actual story is "Person loses wallet, nice person gives it back PLUS ON THE INTERNETZ LOL"
Why is this a story anywhere, let alone on /fb. ?
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No, we must get a grant to study reusable cloth diapers for wild bears. They might resist at first, but with sufficient resources and some principles from attachment parenting, we could find a method to get this to work. Then all we would need is a grant to study the proper brand/supplier of these reusable diapers only to give the contract no bid to a company that dumps them in an illegal landfill in the woods.
I only look human.
My mother is a halfling and my dad is an ogre, so that makes me an Ogreling
Then you must live in a state of bliss.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
I thought the same, disappointed to read story is no different from someone losing their phone. Faith in slashdot diminishing
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
Seconded.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Really? I'm sure the Belgians are up to something, the bunch of cunts that they are.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I want to share my thoughts on subject.
I found a planner of some person with a lot of data, but only name and photo of him and his wife were true. There was fake phone number and fake address. I had to trace down his name, arrange it by photos, find his relatives, search for their contact, then finally found one working phone, called and returned it back taking no money.
So this is a sum up of what I found:
- if you are carrying stuff around, be prepared to loose it.
- if thats about information, the best you can do is to expect loose any day. That means - do not take all your data with you, ideally the device should just be a hub. If its not, make backups of data (cloud, offline, no matter) and store information on the device with good encryption. Should the device be lost, change your passwords.
- if this is a physical thing with some value (or its an additional physical layer of some price around information), think what has more value to you - exposing your basic contact info and possibly returning the device, or not exposing it and not getting it back. Hence the preference for cheap gadgets. However, if the device is of some value to you, do update some contacts on it - chances are good guy finds it and brings it to you or (better) police department. Just write some "if you found this thing, please call ... for reward" note, you dont have to mention your name or even your address. Think that if its a good guy, he just needs to know how to contact you - nothing else. And if it will be a bad guy, he should not know nothing else but some disposable contact (that should never the less be kept polished if it happens).
Take care.
On the root of my Flash drives I put a "IF FOUND README.TXT" file with a phone number, and a secondary email address. The file is prominent (since I minimize the number of files in the root), and a TXT file will open on any system. As well if the finder is tech savvy, and skeptical of it potentially being a bait device, the fact that it's a TXT file should reduce their worries that it may contain a malicious MS Word macro, etc.
On other devices I try to slip a card between the case and the body, or put a piece of tape with contact details. My Android lock screen has an alternate phone number (as well as ICE information). My camera splash screen is contact info.
Once at a university library I found a flash drive. Went rooting through the files, found a resume with a name that matched the name on the assignment files. I fired them off an email to let them know I found their flash drive and left it with the library clerk. That way when they had the moment of shear and utter panic realizing they lost their entire term's work, they'd know where the drive was being held for safekeeping.
In another case I found a Blackberry. Battery was dead so I charged it up. When I switched it on it got a message from a BBM contact. I told them I found the phone and was trying to reunite it with the owner, and we made a rendezvous.
I returned the devices I found because it's the right thing to do, and would refuse any money over the cost of expenses because I think it's good Karma (I'd like any device I lost to be returned). In the case of my devices, I want to make it as easy as possible for someone to find the right contact information without having to dig around (or if there was no power / it is locked).
On tonight's episode of "First World Problems": Bunny lost her Google Glass! Oh noes!!!