Google Glass Strip Clubs Ban: New Hi-Tech Eyewear Can’t Be Used At Cinemas And Casinos Too, Parks And Banks Considering Ban

The Google glass strip clubs ban is going to be extended to cinemas and casinos because their owners don’t want them filming on such locations.

Owners from such establishments in the U.S. said that due to privacy concerns, they would be asking anyone wearing glasses to remove them or they won’t be let in.

According to some lap dance club owners, they will treat Google Glass wearers the same way they would treat anyone caught filming a stripper. They would kick them out.

Casinos worry that the glasses could help cheaters win unfairly and cinemas said that they could be used to illegally record films and created pirated copies for sale.

Parks departments and banks across America are also waiting to see how the new technology will be used and could possibly decide to ban them as well in their premises, according to a report by NBC.

Google Glass has caused concern because it has a camera next to the wearer’s eye and can easily take photos and record videos without a red light or shutter that could indicate it’s working. It could be taking images very subtly.

The glasses cost $1,500.00 a pair and is currently on a limited release and won’t be widely available until later this year.

Pete Feinstein, managing partner of Sapphire Gentleman’s Club in Las Vegas said that they will be requesting patrons to check-in the eyewear. ‘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,” said Feinstein.

He continued to say, “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. If we see those in the club, we would do the same thing that we do to people who bring cameras into the club. If they don't want to check it, we'd be happy to give them a limo ride back to their hotel.”

A spokesman for MGM resorts, which owns the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas, said that picture taking is very much “frowned upon” inside its properties. According to him, he said that, “Security officers on duty ask individuals not to take pictures for the privacy of others in the casino.”

He said that the eyewear is not a new threat to the casino’s properties “because for so many years, the very tiniest of portable lipstick and pinpoint cameras have been around.”

One of the largest cinema chains in the U.S., Regal Entertainment Group, added that no recording devices are permitted into its cinemas.

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