Google Was for Facial Recognition Before Schmidt Was Against It (Yahoo)
Google warns against facial recognition database (The Telegraph)
Google's Eric Schmidt: Ex-CEO's Most Memorable Quotes (PCWorld)
Some may note the irony that this blog is brought to you via Google's Blogger service.
Google offers a lot of good products. You tend to pay in information about yourself. Often the bargain is acceptable. Sometimes, as with their more controversial pursuits, the relationship isn't consensual.
That's why the individuals working at Google are so important. Google's tech isn't the problem; (sometimes) their use of it is.
Review the quotes in the last article linked above.
It's not the tech; it's the people.
UPDATE:
Biometrics firm OmniPerception responds to this issue with
Opinion: Facial recognition technology satisfies privacy concerns raised by Google (OmniPerception.com)
Stewart Hefferman the CEO of OmniPerception said that history has many examples where technologies have had the potential to be misused, frequently through a lack of understanding, until it has been properly legislated or a strong framework of standards has been implemented.
