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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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[–] aldhissla@piefed.world 1 points 1 day ago

We used to call standard issue glasses with similar frames "pedo glasses" because that's just how they look. If they didn't want people to call them pervert glasses, maybe they shouldn't have made them look so pervy...

[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (4 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.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 2 days 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 2 days ago

While driving

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[–] krisevol@lemmus.org -5 points 1 day ago

And a phone doesn't? It's the same device.

[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Y3rapvvOQ - Why Smart Glasses Feel Different This Time

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