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Woman Attacked In San Francisco Bar For Wearing Google Glass

Posted by timothy on from the asking-for-it dept.

First time accepted submitter Martin Blank writes "Sarah Slocum, an early adopter of Google Glass, was bar hopping with friends in San Francisco when a few people in the bar took issue with the eyewear when she was demonstrating it to another patron even though she wasn't recording. When she felt threatened, she informed them that she would start recording. Two of them approached her, yelling and throwing a bar rag at her, and ultimately ripping the Glass from her face and running from the bar with it. She gave chase and eventually got the Glass back, but her purse was gone when she returned to the bar. This physical level of hostility is unusual, but discomfort with Glass is common, especially among those who don't understand how it works. Given that much more hidden spy cameras are available for far less than the $1500 cost of Glass, what will it take for general acceptance to finally take hold?"

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  1. Keep attacking the Glass users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then that way the product will fail and we get our decency back.

    I do however feel for the idiot who got glasses SURGICLY screwed into his SKULL. So so called father of wearables, more like idiot. he gets attacked in McDonalds, good too, rip them from his bloody skull.

    We need to start developing open source JAMMERS to disrupt Wearable devices.

    Make them feel uneasy about wearing them.

  2. Re:what will it take for general acceptance by flabordec · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yes! Now imagine if she had been wearing a short skirt as well, then those guys wouldn't just be justified in assaulting her, they could also rape her!

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  3. Wait, what? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 1, Troll

    Given that much more hidden spy cameras are available for far less than the $1500 cost of Glass, what will it take for general acceptance to finally take hold?

    First of all, I don't get the link between these two things. "Cheap, easily-hidden spy cameras exist, therefore there should be general acceptance of expensive, hard-to-hide spy cameras"? Is that the basic thought behind this sentence? Huh?

    Secondly, you forgot to explain why I should give a shit about whether Glass is accepted or not. What's my interest in it? I don't want one. I don't know anybody who wants one. The only people I ever read about who have them are jerks. And I don't work for Google.

    So to answer your question: general acceptance will happen when Google cancels the project.

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