Quote of the day by Julian Assange: 'If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-backed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces — forever'
Smart glasses are becoming more in vogue today, but the industry is still haunted by the failure of Google Glass
In an op-ed for The New York Times, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange expressed his disapproval of Google's smart glasses. He criticized a new book, "The New Digital Age," co-written by Google's former executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen. Assange compared the use of Google Glass to "a boot stamping on a human face," drawing parallels to George Orwell's dystopian vision of Big Brother watching over citizens.
He believed that modern consumer technology and gadgets like Google Glass were tools that would erode users' independence and privacy, contributing to a growing perception of a mass surveillance state.
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