Hacked vision with Google Glass?

Google Glass may give hackers access to wearers’ eyesight, a report by Carbon Black suggests.

Read: “Google Glass” dubbed a mobile breakthrough

The report says Android developer Jay Freeman has already exploited a vulnerability in the new technology.

In a blog post, Freeman said: “Once the attacker has root on your Glass, they have much more power than if they had access to your phone or even your computer: they have control over a camera and a microphone that are attached to your head. A bugged Glass doesn’t just watch your every move: it watches everything you are looking at (intentionally or furtively) and hears everything you do. The only thing it doesn’t know are your thoughts.”

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