Privacy rights group Stop the Cyborgs made Obama Google Glass/PRISM masks. Art by Aram Bartholl
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Colorado Rep. John Dingell, one of the members of Congress to first try out Glass, famously remarked "This is quite a machine!"
I talked to University of North Carolina associate professor Daniel Kreiss, an expert in digital campaign strategy, for some informed speculation. He said that candidates already have a massive amount of data gathered about the electorate at their disposal—some 700 data points per person on potential voters— and wearables offer yet another stream of information to work with.You could track every Glass wearer in a certain town on their commute to work and figure out what billboard they drive by on the way.
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