
“The patent could signal a revolution in how we use the internet, especially if the technology becomes embedded in smartphones – but is likely to cause a lot of concern over privacy issues. Civil liberty groups have already warned that this could provide Google with a wealth of personal detail about your private life. With YouTube being the biggest video destination on the Internet, ‘Google Goggles’ streaming live video from people’s sunglasses, and Android phones spreading across the world, Google may soon have eyes all over the planet – and for the first time, understand what it is seeing.”
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