Google Glass Privacy Concerns: Google's Newest Tech Preemptively Banned In Casinos, Strip Clubs, Theaters

Google Glass is a wearable, head-mounted computer that resembles a futuristic pair of eyeglasses and allows its users to take photos and record conversations without ever alerting the people around you.  Although not available to the general public yet, the distribution date is slowly approaching.  And just as cameras and recording devices are prohibited from certain areas over privacy concerns, Google Glass will likely face similar bans in places where privacy is an issue.

So far, Google Glass will not be permitted in strip clubs, casinos, and theaters. 

Vegas Strip club owner Peter Feinstein said, "We've been dealing with the cellphone videoing and the picture taking over the years and we are quick to make sure that that doesn't happen in the club" and also explaining that hosts check in any electronics a patron brings that could be used for filming."

"As the sale of [Google Glass] spreads, there'll be more people using them and wanting to use them at places such as a gentlemen's club," Feinstein fears. "If we see those in the club, we would do the same thing that we do to people who bring cameras into the club."

The movie theater is another place where you might end up having to check your Glass by the door.  Neither AMC nor the Regal Entertainment Group has announced how they plan to deal with customers wearing Google Glass. 

Beyond content protection, some venues likely just won't accept the device for etiquette reasons. The size of them and the power that they hold can make patrons feel uncomfortable. If Google manages to make the device more closely resemble actual glasses, one has to wonder how easy it will be to enforce any action against them.  Very scary...

Google Glass is expected to hit shelves in 2014 and will cost around $1,500 per pair.