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Smart Glasses Would Legally Require a Recording Light Under Proposed Law (gizmodo.com)

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Lawmakers are once again turning up the legal heat on smart glasses. Pennsylvania Rep. Joe Ciresi (D-Montgomery) has introduced a bill that would require every pair of smart glasses “manufactured, sold, and used” in the state to have a “visual indicator” that tells others when they’re recording.

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[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago

Back in the day there were various bits of legislation to make apparent that then-novel camera phones were taking pictures. I remember phones with shutter sounds that could not be disabled by design.

Of course, they could be disabled by methods not in the design.