Smart glasses face 7 dilemmas: moral/Privacy First

We often say that technology changes life, such as mobile phones, completely changing the way people communicate. At the same time, the new moral standards are gradually formed, can not speak loudly in public phone calls, not in large shopping malls with mobile phones to shoot goods and so on. If you say in the chat process: "I just checked your microblog with Google glasses, we can talk for five minutes." , which is obviously embarrassing. With the gradual popularity of wearable devices, smart glasses such as Google glasses have become a new ethical hot topic. Smart-glasses products also have cameras built into them compared to smartphones, and are designed and photographed in more subtle ways. In addition, the future of smart glasses will also have a certain form of augmented reality function, how to avoid privacy issues, has become a hot topic of discussion. Clearly, smart glasses to really popularize, but also face great moral challenges and norms. Let's look at the difficulties it faces and the problems that need to be solved. 1. Can I wear smart glasses to anywhere? Obviously, the answer is no. Not to mention public health between such private occasions, in many countries and regions of the bar, shopping malls, are not allowed to wear Google glasses. Some experts and spectacle agencies also point to the need for the state and government to progressively enact laws restricting the wearing of smart glasses to ensure the privacy of citizens. Of course, there are some technology pioneers who disagree with this view. Steve Mann, a professor at the University of Toronto, has insisted on wearing his own eyetap digital glasses for more than 30 years and says the government's ban on wearing smart glasses on all occasions is a form of discrimination. However, he was attacked at a French McDonald's dinner, which means that not everyone can accept smart-glasses wearers on any occasion. 2. Can I record anything I see? No one can stop you from seeing everything and storing things in your brain, but if you take a digital camera and record it, the situation is completely different. Smart glasses are usually equipped with cameras and built-in storage to support photo and video recordings, which makes many people feel uncomfortable and have a sense of insecurity that is monitored all the time. Many ethicists believe that even taking pictures in public places, you should explicitly inform the person who will appear in your camera, and get their permission to take pictures. But it is clear that the general public is not very concerned about their own background. However, when it comes to public cameras and surveillance equipment, people tend to be more careful because the design of concealed devices often gives people the concept of candid camera, and you don't know when they will run or how long they'll last. So how smart glasses can tell people in one form that I'm taking pictures, not only to get more people to accept it, but also to prevent some malicious people from using them to take photos. 3. Can I bring smart glasses to class and even exams? Smart-glasses enthusiasts such as Steve Mann, a professor at the University of Toronto, have allowed students to wear smart glasses to the classroom or even exams, but it requires all smart glasses to go offline to ensure that students cannot use it to cheat. Clearly, in a way, smart glasses make it easier to view information, record classesThe video of the church will help you learn, but there are certain limitations. For most of the closed-test tests, similar to the test of memory, the wearer of smart glasses is not allowed to enter. 4. Can I change the appearance of others in my smart glasses? At present, photo software features gradually rich, such as Samsung mobile phone eraser function, you can remove the extra scenes in the photos. In the future, you can also use the augmented reality function of smart glasses to change objects you dislike, even when wearing glasses to change a person's appearance. Of course, this is limited to your vision, if you remove a person's hair using the glasses software, and without his consent to publish it on the Internet, then this behavior obviously constitutes a tort. 5. How to show respect for the subject when wearing smart glasses? Nowadays, if the mobile phone is frequently viewed in business meetings and friends ' dinners, it will be classified as improper and respectful of others ' behavior. Smart glasses are always on the face, and email or social information is projected directly onto the eyeball, which makes it more worrying. Obviously, you can show respect for your conversation by putting away your phone, and if you wear smart glasses (especially those with medical lenses such as myopia and astigmatism), it will be a problem to balance your own needs and respect for the objects of your communication. 6. Is it impolite to search for objects in person? When you're using a smartphone, you can't talk to your partner and search for his profile to get a conversation, in fact you should do it at home. And wearing smart glasses, you can obviously in the other side of the process of not easily aware of the search for his data, to get conversation, or you are HR, using smart glasses to view the applicant's background. But this behavior is actually impolite. The traditional way should be to ask questions, in the form of questioning, and actually get the other party's approval. If you say in the chat process: "I just checked your microblog with Google glasses, we can talk for five minutes." , which is obviously embarrassing. 7. Can I monitor my children in real time? Any digital device is connected, and in the future, you can even access the smart glasses wearer's first-person video in real time, and apparently some parents think it's a way to monitor their children. However, this does not mean that parents have the right to violate their children's privacy, unless in extreme circumstances, such as children encounter danger, need help.