Project “Google Body” - Indexing the Human Body
Google has announced that it is well underway in its plan to index the Human body. This news was announced by Google VP of Product Development Eric Hind who commented:
“We’re happy now to extend search to information about human bodies, mine and yours, inside and out, from the number of follicles on my head to the length of the President’s toenails.”
Google’s body scanning project, code named “Google Body” is in partnership with US public entities such as transport departments and public libraries who place scanning equipment in high traffic entrances.
This news has brought about concern from various privacy advocacy groups who claim that early adopters of Google Body include insurance companies and recruitment firms.
Responding to privacy concerns, Google stated:
“We are very concerned about user privacy, and that’s why we will not make publicly available any information about anybody who let’s us know they do not want to participate by wearing an Opt-Out headband when in public. Google archives information about those individuals, but does not make it searchable.”
Access to Google Body is currently by invitation only as the system is still in Beta but its expected to be launched soon.
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