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

submitted 3 days ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@piefed.social

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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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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

and there is no way around that. It’s physically impossible.

[–] homes@piefed.world 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

As fun as both of those things can be, both together or separately, I wasn’t talking about blocking the camera, but, rather, accessing it illicitly

Thanks for the 90s flashback, though ;)

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 7 points 2 days ago

They mean you can block the recording light

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You block the LED. Sharpie also works.

Black nail polish is still a thing in 2026.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If this is law they need to make meta develop technology that doesn't allow record If the light is blocked. They can make it happen.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The current iteration of the glasses already does this. It was bypassed days after release.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Ah fuck me they're fast