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Reframing smart glasses as 'pervert glasses' (this.weekinsecurity.com)
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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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[–] YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 0 points 4 hours ago

There are a ton of great applications for this and other cameras. If you're a woman walking around by herself it could help prove that an assault took place, for example. The problem is that the people buying these things are the freaks, not the innocents.