<![CDATA[Fear and backlash build over smart glasses and privacy]]>
  • Meta’s AI smart glasses face mounting backlash, with viral pickup and prank videos secretly filming women and strangers in gyms, clubs, campuses and even bedrooms without consent.
  • Privacy fears are driving bans from Seattle cafes to courtrooms and universities, while Meta moves to add safeguards as civil liberties groups demand limits on facial recognition and data use.
    • ]]>    https://forum.ieu.app/topic/fa7aec95-5ca9-4277-95a5-ef5347d9ea04/fear-and-backlash-build-over-smart-glasses-and-privacyRSS for NodeSat, 05 Sep 2026 22:17:57 GMTMon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Fear and backlash build over smart glasses and privacy on Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:02:25 GMT]]>Fuckerberg has an uncanny ability to debase everything he touches - including the unlikely world of eyewear. Amazing...

    Also, from the article:

    "We're at a very sensitive time for the tech industry in terms of trying to really preserve that positive consumer sentiment that's taking a bit of a hit due to AI, and it's absolutely applicable to smart glasses," said Jacob Bourne, a technology analyst at eMarketer.

    What is this guy smoking? I haven't seen any positive sentiment for the tech industry for at least 15 years.

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