Google nixes facial recognition in Glass for now

In a move that might make some privacy advocates breathe a sigh of relief, Google said late Friday that it won’t be approving facial recognition capabilities in software meant for its high-tech Glass specs.

“As Google has said for several years, we won’t add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place,” the company said in a post to the Google+ page for Project Glass. “With that in mind, we won’t be approving any facial recognition Glassware at this time.”

As Google Glass has inched its way closer to becoming a real-world consumer…

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