Why they shouldn't be allowed ---

1.The glasses have cameras and microphones capable of recording people nearby often without their knowledge (e.g. the recording indicator can be subtle or blocked, “GhostDot” stickers are being sold to block the LED indicator light so others won’t see when recording is happening)

2. As I remember Meta has changed its privacy policy so that voice recordings are stored in the cloud (up to one year) and “Hey Meta” voice-activation with camera may be enabled by default, meaning more frequent analysis of what the camera sees to train AI models.

3.The possibility that anytime someone might be recording you wearing glasses that look like ordinary sunglasses can create a chilling effect: people may feel uneasy, censor themselves, avoid public spaces, etc.

▲

zmmmmm 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

> e.g. the recording indicator can be subtle or blocked

if they are like the previous ones they have hardware level detection and decativation of the camera if the indicator light is blocked

▲

oldfuture 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

the fact that surveillance capitalism, or we should rather say surveillance oligarchy, is here does not mean we have to support it going forward, it can only be worse if nobody reacts

▲

TheDong 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

As opposed to now? Everywhere you go in public, people are holding their phone up watching tiktok or such. There's no recording indicator on phones, they could be recording you.

Heck, go to a tourist location, like a famous area of london or tokyo or new york, and there'll be dozens of wannabe influencers holding up gopros on selfie sticks.

It's too late. It's already happening. If it has a chilling effect, we're already chilled.

▲

Octoth0rpe 5 days ago | parent [-]

> wannabe influencers holding up gopros on selfie sticks

I think there's a huge difference in how one perceives these as a privacy/self-censoring risk. Yes, a bunch of tourists with their gopros might catch me in the background, but I think it's reasonable to assume that their intended target is themselves, and catching me in the background is incidental. If someone is recording with their glasses, basically by definition their target is not themselves (though perhaps a companion?), and it's more likely that I am their target.

▲

TheDong 5 days ago | parent [-]

Holding a phone in front of your face in public is so normalized at this point that targeted recording is not a matter of hardware, but of someone wanting to do it.

As you point out, most influencer-types aren't aimed at you.

That generalizes pretty well, with or without glasses, no one cares about recording you, other than incidentally as part of the background

If someone does want to target recording you, i.e. you're a semi-famous idol or such, they'll just pretend to watch tiktoks on their phone and record without an indicator, right? At least the glasses have an indicator, unlike phones.

	▲	Octoth0rpe 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think the angle that a phone is held at is a reliable determinant of intent. People look down at their phones to read the screen. People hold their phones up vertically to record. The difference seems immediately apparent to me.