First hate it then love it– the Google Love Story behind its products – Part 3

“In the digital personal assistant world, it’s not human-like qualities — aka the uncanny valley — that makes these programs creepy, but rather the kind of information they have,” Rebecca Greenfield wrote in The Atlantic Wire. “That Google Now knows about us in a more than Google-search-able way makes the service feel like an intrusion.”

There might be a chance that Google Now’s artificial intelligence has grown to such lengths that it has the capability of creating patterns in the user’s activities but this being a Google app has attracted the same criticism from civil rights organizations. Apple has the same server-based voice assistant and saves queries in the databases but the Cupertino-based company has not been hung on the bull’s eye.

The newest project named Google Glass Project is the latest entry in the charge sheet against the company. Out of all the disadvantages that this project might have or worst effects it might inflict on the masses, the first criticism on it has been related to privacy infringements.

There are no concerns that it might make our lives more mechanical but the camera lens it has on the right side is the most endangering infringement, they say. The frame—currently without glasses—is capable of connecting to the internet wirelessly. It gives the user hands-free access to the social networking, emails and navigation, in addition to phone calls and text messages.

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