"Smart glasses, like the newly revealed Meta Ray-Ban Displays, solve lots of problems. They can provide live translation and captions while chatting with a foreign friend, they can use provide turn-by-turn directions and a mini map so you don't get lost on the way to that new coffeeshop, they can take pictures so you're not fumbling with your phone while enjoying a sunset or nature walk."
"But they also create a lot of new, thorny issues that we're not yet sure how to handle as a society. An esthetician can covertly record her client's Brazilian wax. A student can cheat on their medical residency exam in plain sight. A hacker can put facial recognition software on their smart glasses in order to dox strangers."
"There is a huge, maybe insurmountable, problem with smart glasses that must be addressed: privacy. Glasshole 2.0 Emphasis on "It wasn't hard." They used publicly avaliable technology. Source."
Smart glasses enable live translation, captions, turn-by-turn directions, mini maps, and hands-free photography, improving convenience and accessibility. The technology also enables covert recording, in-person cheating, and opportunistic doxxing when combined with facial recognition and other software. Publicly available tools can be repurposed to exploit these devices, making misuse easy and inconspicuous. The ability of smart glasses to blend in with ordinary eyewear amplifies privacy and surveillance concerns in public and private spaces. Addressing these risks will require legal, technical, and social responses to limit harmful uses while preserving beneficial features.
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