More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
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This sort of item should be illegal.
I saw some fucking idiot with these on at a show a few months ago and I had to exert a lot of control not to yank them off her face and stomp on them.
Nobody wants to be recorded secretly. Especially not at a show. That’s a gross invasion of privacy - and, in fact, illegal in some jurisdictions (two-party consent laws for recordings).
I’m already that dick who calls everyone out if they’re recording or taking pictures on their phone during the show, so I am definitely comfortable calling out these jerks.
Less control next time please, dunno how old you are but that’s exactly the human immune response that rid us of Google Glass. Early beta testers consistently got rocked whenever they wore them outside and the project went nowhere. I’m too old now and don’t get out enough but pray the kids are up to rejecting round 2