BlueMonday1984 comments on Meta’s new AI creep glasses will record 24-7 without a light

[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Oh, boy, Rapist Glasses

There’s a UK Parliament petition to “Introduce an immediate ban on the sale and promotion of smart glasses”. If you’re in the UK, you might want to sign it. [UK Parliament]

Given Parliament's track record, they'll probably respond by banning glasses that don't have cameras, but I still endorse this

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[–] chrisgerhard@mastodon.green 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

@BlueMonday1984 @dgerard don't be silly, they will ban children from having glasses.

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[–] scruiser@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago

Isn't UK's usually problem the other way around, they use "Protecting the Children"^tm^ as an excuse to ban sensible things or take away privacy from adults? This would be a first, taking away something from Children to protect the adults.

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[+] habermas@mstdn.social 1 point 2 months ago

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[–] strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz -5 points 2 months ago

@BlueMonday1984
> petition to “Introduce an immediate ban on the sale and promotion of smart glasses"

This seems like kind of a knee jerk response. How are "smart" glasses defined? Could such a ban also limit privacy-respecting digital facewear? When covering protests for Indymedia, I would have loved a wearable camera.

If the only thing that makes these different from carrying a "smart" phone is the always-on camera, maybe it would be better to propose regulation specific to that?

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