Privacy Laws and Luxury Surveillance
Privacy laws are struggling to keep up with the concept of "luxury surveillance" as technology advances.
It’s not clear to me that a small red light would be sufficient notification in some states for someone to consent to being recorded.
Meta's new smart glasses, introduced at the Meta Connect event, are an example of this trend, where social shaming can be more powerful than the law in protecting individual privacy.
The tech industry's attempt to normalize wearable surveillance devices is not new, with Google's failed Google Glass being a previous example.
Author's summary: Meta's smart glasses raise concerns about privacy laws.
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