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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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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 3 points 3 days ago

even my own idea here still doesn't go far enough, but there need to be criminal penalties for disabling such a feature that are at least as severe as illegally concealing a firearm

frankly I don't think these should even be legal to manufacture, sell, or possess, but I have zero hopes that that level of regulation will ever happen

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The ones everyone keeps talking about already do. It even won't record if you try to cover the light.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

they will totally make it easy to disable and just call it unsupported user modification which will also let them get out of warranty claims

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Finally a decent law that actually helps people keep their privacy. Estonia should adopt this too.

[–] teft@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago

Ok and why wouldn’t a creep just cover that light with tape or paint?

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works -3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So weird to me the outrage over these glasses when the same people comfortably purchased our collective way into a corporate surveillance state.

[–] meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i understand your point, but the fact that there is outrage is still a good thing

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not if it's directed uselessly or funneled by corporate interest toward competitors, then they're just being used, again.

[–] meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

i agree that passing bills like this is completely useless, but in this case im pretty sure that its the people that are angry

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