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Glasses that can record you shouldn't go unregulated. Ireland's AI Committee agrees. (www.thejournal.ie)
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Ireland's Oireachtas AI Committee has called for smart glasses that can record people to be regulated over privacy concerns. The bigger question: should they be banned outright?

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[–] 17 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

If you're going to make laws about this, you should get one step ahead and make those laws apply to all concealed recording devices.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago

    Yes cameras that can hide in glasses or a hat have been around for a long, long time.

    There are legitimate uses. I remember a TV news expose where a reporter wore a hidden camera into a series of chiropractic appointments to show what kind of quackery goes on. The footage was obscured to protect identities but the content of it was damning. That was good journalism.

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  • [–] 6 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    Then how will I secretly record my interactions with corporations, executives, or police? What about all those investigative journalism pieces that involve someone wearing a hidden camera to expose someone saying/doing something awful?

    Is THAT where all this is headed? Making it harder for people to secretly record the elite?

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