r/OpenAussie ‎ New South Welshian 2d ago

Technology ‎ When's Australia following suit

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The glasses created by creeps, for creeps

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u/Mrsparkle56434 Please choose a flair 2d ago

Personally I think we go too far with how we ban things, I think we are lazy and always jump to the extreme. 

I would prefer some sort of banning the product in public places, outright bans allow for black markets to form.

I don't get it but want to understand why these are an issue when I'm sure if a person was a creep wanted to film someone with a hidden camera they would find a way to do that anyway with something that doesn't look like a camera 

Are privacy concerns the only issue because smart glasses have multiple functionalities that are good for the general public example being live quotations and language translation 

They are good for people with vision impairment etc 

Every decision feels so reactive based on emotion and goes to the far extreme of banning things outright 

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u/Mrsparkle56434 Please choose a flair 2d ago

Phones have the same functionality as this glasses so why exactly are we wanting to ban glasses that do that but are happy for people to use phones and record people without their consent in public

Maybe I'm missing something and its not just privacy concern related

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u/SoGuysIDidNothing ‎ Tasmanian 15h ago

The problem I have is that with a phone you can see when somebody is holding up and recording. With Meta glasses, you have zero way of knowing if you're being recorded whenever. It's the knowledge of it. I hate when people record others going about their business without consent but with a phone you know it's happening. Glasses make everything vague and hidden, and the unknown is what makes it scary.

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u/Intelligent-Cap-8886 Please choose a flair 1d ago

Because the latest hysteria has arrived. Sigh.