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There’s No Such Thing as Free Google Glass, But Scammers Will Try to Convince You Otherwise

Congrats to Sergey Brin, who’s been wearing his Google Glass around town for so long (does he sleep in them?!) that the devices are starting to seem totally normal and even desirable. But us mere mortals have to wait months. And you know what that means: Where there’s demand, there’s black marketeers looking to make a quick buck. Just last week, a fishy listing popped up on Ebay, and bidding reached $15,900 before the plug was pulled.

But what if you don’t have tens of thousands of dollars lying around? Well then you might start poking around the search results for “free Google Glass.” And, as TrendMicro’s security blog points out, you might find a YouTube video titled, [{FREE}] Google Project Glass [[FREE GOOGLE GLASSES]. It’s simply Google’s own “One Day” video under a new name. We suppose that looks promising, if you’re really eager to be persuaded. Read More