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No, but it is comparatively easy to change this behaviour in hardware, so what's the point? Having an indicator that, "very often" works, is in some ways worse than not having an indicator at all...
Uhhhh … how so? Yeah, if someone has actual physical access to your device they might be able to detach the LED. Not easy to do – but imaginable. But that is hardly an in any way relevant scenario.
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> Personally, I'm of the opinion that "public space personally identifiable data collection" should be regulated similarly to HIPPA. I don't think that's possible; I don't think regulation can work here. Things like HIPPA and PCI regulate a very small number of providers. Regulating the general public at large from getting a picture of you in public on their Google Glass type device just isn't really technically or s…
You're probably right… To clarify though… I don't expect to "stop" Larry or Serge (or anyone else) from walking through Delores Park with their Glass on while I'm there (at the same time, I fully expect the doorman at Zeitgeist to tell em "Sorry, you can't come in here with those"). An individual recording stuff they're seeing anyway is pretty much "their right" - what they then choose to do with that recording thoug…
More importantly, laws can't stop the progress of technology; the genie cannot be put back into the bottle because some people are uncomfortable with it. You can't stop someone from photographing you and putting it on the Internet and it will be no different with video. It's already no different, see youtube. Things like Glass will simply make it easier, but it's already being done.