International Law

German Spiegel (?mirror?) has a relatively good cover story about Google out for tomorrow?s issue, perhaps more balanced than some of the magazine?s online articles. There?s a broad overview of Google?s recent and older products and what privacy issues they imply; the title suggests that Google now knows more about you than you do yourself… you are now on a computer chip. (…)



One interesting bit about Google Goggles is mentioned. The mobile app Goggles lets you snap a photo of real-world objects to then try to retrieve relevant information about it from the digital world. This works (if it works) for things like monuments, book covers and more. According to the article, one thing which current versions of the software lack is the ability to recognize faces. However:

It?s becoming obvious where this is going: Google is learning to see. The search engine giant uses its image database to recognize objects of the real world. (…)

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