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Aussie sounds alarm over scary trend with smart glasses: 'People have no idea'
Yahoo Lifestyle Australia • • business
Key Points:
- Smart glasses with built-in cameras, popularized recently including a Kylie Jenner line with Meta, have raised significant privacy concerns as they allow covert filming without others' knowledge.
- These glasses feature a recording indicator light, but users have found ways to disable this, increasing risks of secret recordings in public and private settings.
- Incidents have been reported globally, including an Australian sex worker who was unknowingly filmed, and cases in the US where individuals used smart glasses to record women without consent.
- Experts warn that such technology undermines trust and real-life connections, with fears that private interactions could be secretly recorded and shared.
- Meta, a leading producer of smart glasses, emphasizes user responsibility and has measures to detect tampering with the recording light, but acknowledges the challenge of preventing misuse entirely.
