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		Heliosmaster on April 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Glass almost at 100k USD on eBay technically, it does not seem too far fetched. I don't really know why, but I thought of the infamouse "we have root" quote of Mark Shuttleworth. Also, if Google is able to install automatically software on your phone (by following your input in Google Play, of course), I wouldn't be surprised if they could brick it remotely.

RossM on April 17, 2013 [–]

Androids can be potentially bricked by a system-signed app [0], I wouldn't be surprised if it has a similar counterpart in Glass.

[0]: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/Manifest.perm...

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