Google Glass purposefully made it obvious what they were. The newer glasses without cameras from Meta et al basically look like regular glasses if you can’t see the waveguide in the lenses.
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floo@retrolemmy.com 1 day agoI remember when Google glass came out. I was living in New York, and almost every single establishment banned them nearly immediately. You wouldn’t be allowed in if you were wearing them, and if anyone saw you put them on, you get kicked out. No questions.
This happened in a lot of places, as I recall.
turmacar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
floo@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago
If you know what you’re looking for, they’re not that difficult to spot. But, yeah, to most people, they would just appear to be regular sunglasses. This is a huge problem. It’s one thing when you’re being recorded by someone who is obviously holding a camera. It’s another one, potentially, dozens of people around you could be recording everything all the time without anyone else, knowing it.
That only is a potential for abuse incredibly high, the fact that Meta ends up owning all of the content so they can harvest it for monetary gain is even worse.
Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Wasnt there someone who hacked their google glasses and was getting everyone’s home addresses around him on facial recognition? I would think the risk would be fairly high to people who work with the public from these folks
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That would be nice, but outside of major cities, I can’t see that happening.
I may just have to start wearing a hoodie and mask everywhere. I really, really don’t like the idea of these glasses.
floo@retrolemmy.com 1 day ago
Well, you are far from alone. I imagine that a majority of people will feel this way, especially when they are more privacy invasive than Google glass ever was.
Also, people are much more privacy focused than they were 15 years ago. I can imagine there will be significant pushback to wearing these glasses anywhere but in open, public spaces. Private establishments will likely ban them.