13.05.2013 - 19:19 [ techdirt ]

Former DHS Head On Google Glass: Intrusive Surveillance Is Bad — If It‘s A Corporation Doing It

Chertoff analyzes some of the privacy implications raised by Google Glass but, considering his former position in the DHS and his current role as the head of The Chertoff Group, a „global security advisory firm,“ this editorial comes off as one-sided and tone deaf. Why would someone who seemingly has no concern about government intrusion into people‘s privacy care about a corporation‘s move onto the same turf? Bruce Schneier addresses this dissonance briefly in his post linking to Chertoff‘s editorial.