Consumer Watchdog Calls Google Execs 'Hypocrites' for Banning Recording Devices from Stockholders Meeting
Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit and nonpartisan consumer protection organization, is turning a critical eye on Google for banning recording devices from today's annual stockholders meeting. After all, the technology company has just created Google Glass, which is computerized eyewear that can record people without their knowledge.
Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit and nonpartisan consumer protection organization, is turning a critical eye on Google for banning recording devices from today’s annual stockholders meeting. After all, the technology company has just created Google Glass, which is computerized eyewear that can record people without their knowledge.
“Google has unleashed one of the most privacy invasive devices ever,” said John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog’s privacy project director, in a statement. “Google Glass aids and abets people who want to invade our privacy by videoing or photographing us surreptitiously, but when it comes to their own privacy Google executives jealously guard it.”
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