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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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[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 71 points 3 days ago (55 children)

Again, if they are "smart", they can be hacked. That light can be disabled, and even covered.

[–] homes@piefed.world 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (41 children)

Not if the power to the recording mechanism must run through the light. There is an electrically engineered way to make sure the light must be powered on before the recording mechanism if it is wired between the power supply and the electronics.

Nothing to hack. Just a wire/circuit and an LED.

That’s how the iSight camera in all MacBooks work. That camera cannot be powered on without first powering on the notification LED. It’s integrated into the circuit. Powering on the camera must first power on the LED, and there is no way around that. It’s physically impossible.

[–] meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

the thing with the macbook is, that the user does not want to be recorded secretly. with meta glasses, the wearer is the recorder.

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