• Embargo@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    I know it’s a hot-take… But how about we (Earth) ban smart glasses.

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      2 days ago

      This isn’t wise for the sole reason that they really are a great benefit to the visually impaired.

      Right now the tech is super useful, being able to read small text out loud and differentiate similar objects that certain conditions make difficult. However, the tech has the potential to do so much more.

      Banning it now would be like slapping a whole lot of disabled people in the face.

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        2 days ago

        Well in that case they should be regulated with a licence or even a prescription, right? To add to this, disabled people in the example you’re putting forward don’t need internet connectivity or filming capabilities. I see your concern but when the price is the privacy of the entire planet, I can’t accept your argument.

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          2 days ago

          You think people should need a license to use technology like glasses and cameras. Listen to yourself!

          I don’t know what kind of “anti” hole you fell into but you need to crawl back out.

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            2 days ago

            Technology that trains AI for fascistic multi-billion dollar companies? Films, tracks, listens to private and potentially sensitive conversations? Yeah, probably.

            I’m comfortable in my hole. Maybe you should take the advice of a stranger on the internet instead and grow the fuck up.

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              1 day ago

              You’re confused: You assume that all cameras on glasses will always be controlled by fascists.

              Did it ever occur to you that someone might make their own glasses? Or that a company could make a set that works offline?

              If you ran things, such technology would never happen because it would be banned before it got out the door.

              But you’d be ok with that because you live in a hole, with perfect eyesight and zero foresight.

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                1 day ago

                I don’t really understand how making them offline only makes them any less dangerous? The issue is that the camera is discrete enough that people wont notice theyre being recorded, not that the glasses can connect to the internet.

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                  1 day ago

                  So to you, the glasses are irrelevant. You just hate hidden cameras… Like police and various misbehaving corporations all over the world.

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                    1 day ago

                    I wouldn’t say that police cameras are hidden, I assume you are referring to bodyworn cams? And I really don’t know who are the misbehaving corpos you speak of. Not saying they don’t exist, just that is super vague. Do you mean cctv for security? Because I dont know if i would call those hidden either?

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        2 days ago

        They do not need to have hidden cameras to work as an aid. The push to make the cameras and microphones hidden is the problem.

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          1 day ago

          I think it’s reasonable if sight impaired people want to appear inconspicuous. You say this is “hiding” the glasses but do you expect them to walk around with a GoPro strapped to a helmet so they can have street signs read to them?

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          2 days ago

          Who’s pushing to make them hidden? If you want hidden cameras there’s thousands of vastly superior options than thick, ugly, obvious glasses.

          Go search AliExpress right now for “hidden camera”. Your mind will be blown.