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Thoughts on privacy focused smart glasses?
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this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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Lets not normalize [smart] glasses.
Why not? AR glasses which don't film the environment but just give a HUD would be rad.
I'd say, b/c it's impossible to know that by looking at the glasses.
You see a rando walking around with smart glasses. You can't tell at a glance what it can / cannot do. So you must assume the worst.
I'm with Vegafjord oakframer. Normalization will be problematic. Maybe in a perfect world it coudl be OK. But in our world, abuse at scale is 100% inevitable. That's why I think social pressure against smart glasses is for the best.
Either we normalize smart glasses or we dont. There's nothing in between. We should not play into Metas surveillance strategy.
Or at least make them "for professional use only", and regulate them like they're body cams. If companies risk GDPR fines, they might self-regulate enough to take care of the problem.
talk of companies self regulating always lights up alerts in my head
It doesn't work perfectly, but if using smart glasses anywhere outside of the restricted areas of your business risks huge whooping fines, smart glasses will only be allowed in those restricted areas. The same already goes for dangerous tools and hazardous chemicals. On a PC, you can easily screenshot and -record to create documentation or help others. Having this e.g. for a woodworking technique or to show how to replace a specific part in an engine might be a huge value add. But no one needs this shit while grabbing lunch in a public place.
i'm struggling to understand how this could be enforced at all