Bill Leslie, one of the morning anchors for WRAL TV, recently tried out Google Glass “live” in a newscast –  a first. Afterwards, he told The Skinny, he didn’t want to be a (whisper, whisper) “Glass-hole.”

You know what a Glasshole is – a user of a new technology, be it a wearable PC like Glass or dating back to the launch of email: They are the technophobes who turn something good into a pain in the posterior. But while we must still endure “Spam” email 20 years later, let’s hope the same isn’t true for Google Glass – or Google contacts.

The Skinny has tried out Goolge Glass. It is fun. Revolutionary. Intuitive. Easy to use.And, yes, easy to abuse.

The Drudge Report almost daily links to reports about how those wearable computers known as Google Glass are being abused – from invasions of privacy to just plain old obnoxious uses. And as Glass becomes widely available today for $1,500, a consumer group unveils a Top 10 list of reasons why not to be a “Glasshole.”

The early Explorers have generated many new apps that promise true improvements in public safety (such as the Rocky Mount fireman’s app, which we have reported on) to entertainment.

But privacy is going to take a big, big hit because the Glassholes can’t wait to have fun or make money at YOUR expense.

Guard Your PIN …

Here’s the Top 10 list as published by Consumer Watchdog:

10. You cannot drive with a television on your head.
9. Why pay $1500 to let a corporation hack your eyes?
8. Say goodbye to using public bathrooms.
7. No one’s ATM PIN will ever be safe again.
6. Google says it hurts your eyes and gives you headaches.
5. Guess what happens to people who videotape children?
4. How long do you think your friends will hang around?
3. You look stupid.
2. Stalking isn’t cool.
1. Your life is too precious for Google to own.

After testing Google Glass. the group charges that “neither the user nor the subjects’ privacy is safe.”

“Google Glass threatens the privacy of both people whose images are captured unbeknownst to them and the user of the device. It can distract the user at critical moments, perhaps when driving, posing a safety hazard,” said John Simpson, the Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project Director. “A consumer’s ATM pin number can easily be seen by a Glass user without the consumer’s knowledge. Google Glass can easily be used for improper and even criminal purposes.”

The full report can be read online.