Actually I fail to see why this is news that matters or how this is news for nerds however.
IF it was triggered by a google experiment I could see why it has value on /.
IF it was triggered by a Morlords I could see why it has value on /.
IF it was triggered by a aliens I could see why it has value on /.
IF it was triggered by a cosmic event I could see why it has value on /.
IF it was part of a beowulf cluster of minor earthquakes running on GNU-Linux on raspberry-pi's I could see why it has value on /.
Just some rocks sliding and stuff is no news. Let allone for nerds.

Well said!
There is a big difference between holding a phone vertically at eye hight (=most probably taking a picture) and the diagonal position used to crush candy or communicate via text or do other stuff.
I think it is a sign on the wall that 99% of the criticism is about taking pictures and only 1% about things like distraction and so forth. It is all about consent and not knowing if someone is (not) taking a picture. And even if the wearer is not actively engaged in taking pictures, remote access tools might be able to take over. There is a reason I got the webcam taped off on my laptop...
I just simply fail to see why a webcam strapped to a face is a nice idea.

No Spongebob either :-(

Thing is... that even when you are not filming me, I can not be assured that I am not being filmed.
Ever heard of RAT? Remote Access Tools? So even when you are not aware of actually filming me, someone else actually might. They can even switch off that little LED that signals: Hey I am filming!
Sorry... what did I say again?
There should be a little red recording light?
Never mind! FU if youre wearing it. Hopefully for you it is, the evidence of the attack is on a disk and the judge will tell me: YOU SHOULD LET OTHER PEOPLE FILM YOU WHATEVER THE SITUATION ! ! !

Nice one! Let me elaborate on that theme a bit further:

Slashdot: News for nerds who value their privacy and that of others
Or
Slashdot: News for nerds who value their teeth because they might bump into someone who actually DOES dislike new technology.
Or
Slashdot: News for nerds who value their teeth because they might bump into someone who actually likes new technology AND knows what it might do AND values his/her privacy and has no way of telling you are filming them without their consent.
Or
Slashdot: News for nerds who got rid of gmail because of privacy concerns, who actively block cookies, trackers, google-ads because of privacy concerns, who use xquick instead of google because of privacy concerns, who (after all that effort) do not want to impose Googles tech on others (with or without consent).

No is the short and straightforward answer.
The longer more thought through answer should be: No-no-no-no-no-no-no-Hell-no!

There are way to many camera's as it is today, no need for privately owned ones as well.
There should be a little red 'recording' light on there. So you can go about as you are when not filming me, or get a sub-retinal version for free if you start filming me without consent.
I feel no need for others to film me with a wireless webcam straped to their faces!
So the answer should be NO. Period.

Its a bellshaped curve, not a circle. And it is going to strike hard once it hits!
http://vimeo.com/34571708
(talk on the report requested by the US Department of Energy)

That is absolutely true. The whole idea of navigation, wether it is on land or at sea is that you take measurements. From a practical standpoint it doesnt really matter wether that is from celestial bodies (natural or man-made) or from known landmarks.
One of the problems a sumarine (whilst being submerged) has is that it can`t do any measurements of that kind. Like LORAN-C, GPS, INS, landmarks, celestial navigation et cetera. So angle, distance and time are the main navigational tools. The main skewing factor there is drift. When in a body of moving water (mainly tide induced) you will move, say north to south, with that water without a way to find out you you are drifting. So sonar is another thing they use to avoid hitting the sea floor. Also using sonar wit a good map gives you some idea of where you are if there are some known "submerged landmarks". Again this is, as you said, a measurement. Also it is a tell-tale-sign for the enemy :-)
Actually, these two techniques (DR, mapping the surface while comparing it to a known map) are two of the seven measurements a typical cruise-missile uses to be... dead on... so to speak.

By the way, when talking about navigation, "a measurement" like shooting a sun or star is called "taking a fix". NavLeetSpeak :-D

In maritime navigation DR is one of THE most fundamental way's of navigating. As it has been for litterally ages.

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Practical_Navigator/Chapter_7

and now they are at it... why not implement some chicken DNA as well. Have bacon and egg`s in one go.
Oh, and bread DNA, baked beans DNA, orange juice DNA, coffee DNA, newspaper DNA, naging wife DNA, sunrise DNA and some razorburn DNA and we are all set for the day!
What a glorious future it will be!

Sorry, should have spelled it with capitals perhaps. RISC:

Reduced Interception Subterranean Cargo-system.

I guess that people like a 'buzz' and as long as there is demand there is a suplier willing to take riscs to deliver.
Its basically the whole 'prohibition era' all over again with some new tech.
So keep fighting it guys! We all know what the end result will be!

HIV vaccines that go back in time are the best in the world!

...but does it run linux?

Oh, and Jimmy Carter once sent his jacket to the dry-cleaner with a paper with the detonation codes still in one of the pockets. Just so you dont have to write a 'news article' on that in the near future...
I got both pieces of info via QI (Quite interesting), wich is normally considered a quiz, but for the author it is probably a news show...