Unknown_Crawler@Unknown_Crawler@lemmy.world
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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

bandanawearingbanana@bandanawearingbanana@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨Unknown_Crawler@lemmy.world⁩

The thing is: I would get them too if I could afford it.

For the headphone stuff which is quite cool tech actually, I don’t like wearing in ear headphones and they basically work as headphones without going into your ears. The Ai stuff seems honestly creepy but I’m sure they legally can’t force you to use it in Europe and the camera stuff seems okay.

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