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A German city may soon ban smart glasses on public transport, pools
cybernews.com/tech/hamburg-smart-glasses/
Replying to @madeindex@lemmy.world
I had a debate about this the other day. I very much think these are creepy and look bad, but this kind of surveillance tech has existed for a long time, not to mention the prevalence of cellphones. I don’t understand what banning smart glasses accomplishes. There is plenty of creeper tech recording stuff out there. Just seems like poorly thought out legislation. What if I wear my cellphone on a lanyard, would that be illegal? Isn’t there surveillance tech on public transport already? What expectations of privacy do people have?
I think that any laws being made should focus on the broader concepts such as surveillance, privacy, consent, etc. This just seems like policy driven by people’s dislike of meta creeper glasses.
*Seems spy tech is already illegal in germany so this ban doesn’t matter much
Replying to @Unknown_Crawler@lemmy.world
From my perspective has to do with form factor more than anything else. These smart glasses at a glance are indistinguishable from regular glasses. A phone looks like a phone, so people know what’s up at a glance.
Replying to @ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world
You can already buy spy cameras. They are legal
Here’s how I understand the current legal situation in Germany (no guarantees this is correct) :
Spy cameras (that is, cameras that are concealed or not immediately apparent as such in some way) are illegal to use in public spaces. Smart glasses don’t fall under this category when they have a small indicator LED so that people can tell it’s recording.
Replying to @ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world
Wow you must have really good eyesigth. My pixel7pro claims 30x zoom. At that distance i cant really tell what you are doing.