Worried about ever growing bans on Google Glass, Google publishes 'how not to be a Glasshole' FAQ.

[MineralMan]

44. Are we good? Does that matter in some way?

Here's what I'm betting. I'm betting you have a place on the internet where you post your photos, especially those you think have interesting lighting or composition. I'm betting you've printed out some of them, framed them, and have them hanging on a wall. Are any of those photos of people whose names you don't know?

Think about it frylock. Think about taking photographs of people you don't know.

Look again at that photo of that breadline or soup kitchen you posted. You'll notice that several of the people in that photo are looking directly at the camera. Some of them don't look all that happy. That old news photo appeared on the pages of some newspaper, and is now considered an iconic photograph of poverty during a depression. Some of those people were embarrassed, annoyed, and ashamed that they were in that soup line. They did not have the power to stop their image from being captured and, indeed, the photographer was taking a news photo and didn't actually have to get the permission of anyone in that crowd.

You, on the other hand, are not a news photographer. Nobody has to allow you to photograph them, perhaps in a way that is not flattering to them or that depicts them in a way they do not want to be depicted. I'm thinking of that awful website of "The People of Walmart," where people have posted ugly photos of people they consider to be ugly. No releases were given. That site is an obscenity, and violates the privacy of those who appear on it. Ugliness.

I don't know, and don't care what you do with the "snaps" of people you take. But each one is a violation of someone's privacy. Think about it.