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The hospitals ethics board didn’t believe that the data would be safe in Google’s hands, for some increasingly familiar-sounding reasons. “Recent political events have revealed that government agencies use mass surveillance tactics and have the capability to break into even the most heavily secured networks, including the mobile phones of allied heads of state,” the study stated.Google’s servers being compromised is one thing, but there are also concerns about Google itself having access to the information collected by Glass. The Electronic Privacy Information Center's website outlines why this is problematic: “All of the data captured by Glass, including photos, videos, audio, location data, and other sensitive personal information, is stored on Google's cloud servers. Google will possess the data and may analyze it to develop profiles of individuals.”"Bureaucrats and regulators have not kept up with the pace of technology, so the almost universal answer from institutions is that these activities are not allowed."
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