I love the technology, but the feudal model is completely insane. It's worse than iOS-- at least iOS devices won't arbitrarily record you and upload it to a single large company with a EULA agreement authorizing them to do with it whatever they please. Every Google Glass wearer is a spy that might be uploading everything they see and hear to be... data mined by advertisers? shared with governments? stolen by hackers and used for blackmail? It's so insane the mind reels. I can't believe anyone is even thinking about using this platform.
Oh, I'm sure Google will "promise" not to do anything "evil" with this platform. But always remember two things: (1) corporate policies can shift at the whim of the board and the shareholders, especially if the board's makeup changes, and (2) governments can compel corporations to cooperate, both by legal means and extra-legal/para-legal threats and incentives. Finally: nothing is completely secure against malicious hackers.
It's an alarming trend. Each new form factor that has departed from the PC has brought with it an order of magnitude ratcheting up of feudal control and reduction in user control: PDAs, smart phones, tablets, and now this, which is off-the-charts insane.
I'm astounded that Google is getting away with it, honestly. Microsoft would never have been permitted to even contemplate something like what Google and Apple have done without wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I really think we need a term for this stuff: feudal computing. It's a total 180-degree turn away from everything the PC and Internet revolutions stood for.
I predict that Glass will fail because of this, not the technology, and I really hope it does. If it succeeds in its present form it's a dangerous harbinger of things to come. Say goodbye to general purpose computation for the masses.