People care more about the illusion of privacy than actual privacy itself.

Even if we banned smart glasses, we'd still see ever-expanding networks of privately owned cameras that record every movement you make. We'd still have networks of ring cameras and similar devices. We'll still have ever-increasing use of AI to sort and categorise the content.

Privacy is dead. Smart glasses are just an uncomfortable reminder of this fact, and banning them without addressing the over-arching issue is similar to sticking our collective head in the sand.

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futune 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Are you talking about Norway, or some other place?

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iamnothere 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Privacy doomerism sucks. You can fight (and win) some battles without winning everywhere—in fact that’s how life works in general.

Just because we haven’t yet beaten ALPRs doesn’t mean I want some dickhead recording me at a hot spring without me knowing. Having both things to deal with is worse than having just one.

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InvertedRhodium 2 hours ago | parent [-]

One mans doomer is anothers realist, I guess. I'm 40, and every year I've been alive I've had less privacy than the one that preceded it and I see no reason to believe that trend will continue. I'm open to compelling arguments if you think I'm wrong.

Maybe if we started with the "strap cameras to the face of the population" plan we'd all have been less inclined to act like frogs in rapidly warming water. Alas.

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iamnothere 2 hours ago | parent [-]

If you don’t like the trend, why are you trying to convince people to stop fighting it? Make it make sense. It’s like telling doctors not to bother because everyone’s eventually going to die anyway.

I would understand if you felt this way privately, in fact I can relate to that.

	▲	InvertedRhodium an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I'm not. Fight away, I enjoy watching someone piss into the wind as much as the next person so long as I'm not standing too close. Society at large spent a long time ridiculing people with these concerns, are you really so shocked that I am enjoying the moment where the issue comes home to roost? I'm not obligated to be a constructive member of society in all regards.