Google activists try to sabotage Google Glass auction
Found on CNet News on Saturday, 20 April 2013
A student wins in the Google #IfIHadGlass competition and tries to sell his glasses on eBay. He meets with opposition. He says he just wanted to pay off his student loans.
Ed didn't imagine, however, that the company that embraces openness as if it were a believable religion would put strictures on Google Glass usage. If owners try to resell or even lend their glasses to someone else, Google may simply cause the product to seize up.
Yes, Google is able to throw a remote brick through your lenses -- though some informed sources suggest the company has no intention of doing so.
Why would someone want a piece of hardware that can be bricked anytime remotely if the company behind it decides that they don't want to let you use it anymore? Such hardware is essentially useless and not worth a single cent.