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The new Snapchat Spectacles might look like a toy, but connected sunglasses may carry hidden security implications.
Snap Inc. — the company behind the disappearing message app Snapchat — unveiled its newest product, Spectacles, on Thursday. The sunglasses-turned-video-camera lets you capture quick 10-second scenes that immediately get sent to your Snapchat account on your phone (making them public is another step).
SEE ALSO: Of course you have to buy Snapchat's Spectacles from a robot
With bold, bright colors and blinking lights to indicate recording, the device feels more like a toy than a serious piece of technology, which only adds to the appeal for its user base. Snapchat says its app reaches a whopping 41 percent of all 18- to 34-year-olds in the United States. Now, users of the app can attach internet-enabled cameras to their faces that capture everything in their field of vision.
The problem? The product could make it much easier to record personal information and invade another person's privacy without them even realizing it.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Smart+Glasses
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Snapchat
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Privacy
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Snapchat
The new Snapchat Spectacles might look like a toy, but connected sunglasses may carry hidden security implications.
Snap Inc. — the company behind the disappearing message app Snapchat — unveiled its newest product, Spectacles, on Thursday. The sunglasses-turned-video-camera lets you capture quick 10-second scenes that immediately get sent to your Snapchat account on your phone (making them public is another step).
SEE ALSO: Of course you have to buy Snapchat's Spectacles from a robot
With bold, bright colors and blinking lights to indicate recording, the device feels more like a toy than a serious piece of technology, which only adds to the appeal for its user base. Snapchat says its app reaches a whopping 41 percent of all 18- to 34-year-olds in the United States. Now, users of the app can attach internet-enabled cameras to their faces that capture everything in their field of vision.
The problem? The product could make it much easier to record personal information and invade another person's privacy without them even realizing it.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Smart+Glasses
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Snapchat
http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-innovative-technologies-and-developments/?tag=Privacy
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/
http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Snapchat