Clever or creepy? Google Glass takes your picture with just a wink
Is there no end to the clever or creepy things that Google Glass can do? The latest is that if you see the wearer winking at you, he/she might be taking your picture - not flirting .
Say cheese! I'm taking your photo
A new app that's just been released for the Google device lets users take a photo by simply winking an eye.
The code for the app, named Winky, was put online this week by developer Mike DiGiovanni, who works with digital consulting company Roundarch Isobar.
He announced the app through a post on Google+, reports the San Jose Mercury News. DiGiovanni says there's a surprisingly big difference between winking to take a picture - and taking a photo the way Glass is supposed to, which is by tapping on its touch pad or saying "OK Glass, take a picture."

"Winking lets you lifelog with little to no effort," DiGiovanni says online. "I've taken more pictures today than I have the past 5 days thanks to this. Sure, they are mostly silly, but my timeline has now truly become a timeline of where I've been."
DiGiovanni also uploaded a YouTube video demonstrating Winky in action. He says Glass can tell the difference between an inadvertent blink and a purposeful wink.
However, Stop The Cyborgs, an online organisation with privacy concerns about Glass , says apps like Winky are why Glass can come off as creepy.
"If the technology is open then it can be hacked to create creepy apps like this where people have no warning they are being recorded," Stop The Cyborgs said in an email .
David Jacobs, for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said Glass has the potential to enable "pervasive and secret surveillance" but t developers can give others warnings that pictures are being taken.
"This privacy risk can be reduced by providing notice to surrounding individuals that they are under surveillance by, for example, including a light that illuminates during recording or a shutter sound for pictures (or having either feature activated by voice command)," Jacobs said in an email Thursday.
DiGiovanni said his app does give users warnings. He said Winky will make a camera shutter-like sound when it takes a pictures, and others around the person wearing Glass can see the device's screen light up after a photo is taken.