Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
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Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#2Good foresight. Here's one way things would pan out if you were running around with someone else's extended mind:
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelera... — from Accelerando, by Charles Stross
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#3Come at me, McDonalds!
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#4So how does this work in practice?
I see a friend with these glasses. As a joke I pull of his glasses from behind and pretend to steal them, then hand them back, and because it sensed that I stole them (which I did) it is now locked and my friend can't use his glasses any more.
There are a lot of details to get right. I hope they thought them all through.
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#5So how does this work in practice? I see a friend with these glasses. As a joke I pull of his glasses from behind and pretend to steal them, then hand them back, and because it sensed that I stole them (which I did) it is now locked and my friend can't use his glasses any more. There are a lot of details to get right. I hope they thought them all through.
It's imaginable the process could be reverted, likely with a Google account password. Similar technologies exist today with phones.
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#6So how does this work in practice? I see a friend with these glasses. As a joke I pull of his glasses from behind and pretend to steal them, then hand them back, and because it sensed that I stole them (which I did) it is now locked and my friend can't use his glasses any more. There are a lot of details to get right. I hope they thought them all through.
I've seen this happen a lot of times. This case is more likely than getting them snatched out from a theft.
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#7Come at me, McDonalds!
I'm assuming this is a reference to this:
http://eyetap.blogspot.ca/2012/07/physical-assault-by-mcdona...
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#8I find this a bit strange. I think more devices would probably be stolen by setting the device down, or putting it in your bag and it getting snatched, rather than someone pulling it off your head. And unnatural movement is pretty hard to define.
Seems like it would be better to just be able to remotely lock them if you know its been stolen than them locking automatically.
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#9In response to determining an unnatural movement and/or an unauthorized user wearing the HMD, the wearable computer triggers a locking mechanism, which can beneficially provide security measures for the wearable computer.
So next time that a wearable computer comes to market that wants to lock out unauthorized users, they have to deal with this patent. Seems pretty generic to me.
Re: Google’s Project Glass will lock down when it senses theft, patent shows
#10I find this a bit strange. I think more devices would probably be stolen by setting the device down, or putting it in your bag and it getting snatched, rather than someone pulling it off your head. And unnatural movement is pretty hard to define. Seems like it would be better to just be able to remotely lock them if you know its been stolen than them locking automatically.
Depending on how you interact with Google Glass, it could simply make sure that your hand is yours, or that your eye is yours, and not allow anyone else to use the device (unless you put it in a "guest" mode for X amount of time.)