This 24-Year-Old Is Writing A New Operating System For Google Glass That Google Can't Control (GOOG)

Hackers are starting to make Glass do a whole bunch of things Google has forbidden the device to do.

And thanks to 24-year-old Stephen Balaban, they may soon be able control the device a lot more.

Balaban has built "an alternative operating system that runs on Glass but is not controlled by Google," he told NPR's Steve Henn.

Google is trying to walk a fine line between encouraging developers to write awesome apps for Glass and keeping people from getting too freaked out about the potential spying/creepiness/unwholesome factor.

For instance, Google has banned porn apps.

And, a couple of months ago, it banned facial recognition software.?

The ban came after Balaban, one of the developers behind commercial facial recognition startup Lambda Labs, built a facial recognition app for Glass.

After the ban, he promised he wasn't giving up. As people tweeted disappointment,?Lambda Labs replied:

We reached out to Balaban for comment and will share more details on this project when we get them.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/businessinsider/tools/~3/l6Qy2ahE8Xc/a-new-glass-os-that-google-cant-control-2013-7

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