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Reframing smart glasses as 'pervert glasses' (this.weekinsecurity.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by XLE@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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Smart glasses equipped with cameras, microphones, and AI are a creeping privacy and security nightmare, prompting backlash.

And rightfully so.

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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've always wanted a search in my glasses while I drive. Look at that building, it's cool, what is it? What's the name of that lake? How far away is that mountain from me? What kind of tree is that? How old is that collapsing building? Etc.

But I don't want to be a pervert. I've made it nearly 50 years successfully avoiding that.

[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Any such technology would be used to deliver ads, so imagine you have that capacity but it also constantly throws commercial at you while you're driving.

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The dream... /Jumps off cliff

[–] cyberfae@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

Not if you either root and remove spyware, or use a pair that's only a screen in tandem with a raspberry pi or other development board.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If only we could create some kind of machine that could be pointed at something to describe it. That way it wouldn't be attached to your face all the time

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago

While driving