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Reason No. 2: Glass OS can be hacked, just like every other system
In Google's ideal world, all developers will only create and distribute legitimate applications, and all users will run legal,
fully patched versions of Glass OS (which is based on Android) on their nonjailbroken Glass. This leads to the second reason Google's can't honestly assure Congress that Glass could never
be used to violate someone's privacy: Glass OS is demonstrably hackable.
Since Google first started selling early models of Glass to developers (for $1,500 a pop), several techies have come forth to proclaim successful hacks of the device:
Every hack, app, and vulnerability on this list -- and there are almost certainly others that aren't -- could theoretically be used to violate a third party's privacy. In some cases, it wouldn't be Google's fault so much as the user's fault that his Glass became a zombie live-streaming video cam because a user clicked a dangerous link or installed an app from an unknown source. But in other cases, it would be because a malware author found a way to hack Glass OS, plain and simple.
Glass OS is hackable -- but so is every OS. It's just that hackers focus their efforts on the most-used platform. That's why Windows has traditionally been the most-hacked desktop OS, Java is more exploited than .Net, and Android is the top-targeted mobile OS in the world today.
Yes, I am saying that iOS would become the most-hacked mobile platform if it surpassed Android's global adoption. But the same would go for Windows Phone, BlackBerry BBX OS, Firefox OS, and others. More users mean more potential victims for cyber thieves, which means higher demand for malware to snag said victims. The more malware that comes, the more likely a malicious agent slips through the cracks.
Here's the point: The fact that Google Glass OS is susceptible to hacking is largely irrelevant until the platform gains widespread adoption. For now, it's tough to predict whether that's going to happen. Sure, maybe it will be the next big thing, OEMs will pile on to create their own versions of the eyewear, and malware-infested G00gl3 Gla$ knockoffs hit the black market, turning millions of users into unwitting spy cameras for Big Brother or Mr. Big or the in-laws or whomever wants to monitor your every move.