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Thoughts on privacy focused smart glasses? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by guymontag@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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To be clear this is not a real product or whatever I would just be interested in people's thoughts.

Do you think you would like privacy focused smart goggles? Eg: no camera/hardware camera lock, all on device intelligence, signal support, idk what else you guys can leave ideas in the comments.

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[–] PierceTheBubble@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Truly "privacy-focused" smart glasses wouldn't have gesture- or voice controls: because it wouldn't come with cameras nor microphones. It wouldn't allow ambiguity surrounding the ability, for these devices to collect personal data without consent: "trust me bro" toggle switches (controlled by the wearer) don't provide reasonable reassurance, to those in the vicinity of such sensors. Which would pretty much leave a heads-up display, which isn't something for me: I like clear separations between the digital and physical world, and this seeks to further blur that line; together with the obvious surveillance implications of course...